Recorded 1975–2014 Girls' name Peak 2006 168 births

Carinna — girls' name

168 babies named Carinna in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s101980s301990s562000s492010s23
1990s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Carinna was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

12 babies were named Carinna in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Carinna

The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Carinna between 1975 and 2014, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carinna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carinna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Carinna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carinna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carinna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 168 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Carinna at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

168

Since 1975

40 years of records

Peak year

2006

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1975

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2014

Carinna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1975

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2006)
12
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
468101214 201420102004200019971993198819791975 5

Carinna by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
56 births that decade — 33% of Carinna's all-time total
1970s101980s301990s562000s492010s23

Carinna by state

Where Carinna concentrates geographically — total births since 1975

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Carinna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.0%
California share of Carinna's total US births 3.0%

5 of 168 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Carinna?
168 babies have been named Carinna since 1975. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2006 with 12 births.
When was Carinna most popular?
Carinna was most popular in the 1990s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Carinna most popular?
The top states for the name Carinna are California (5 births).
How long has the name Carinna been used?
Carinna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 40 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Carinna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Carol, Carolyn, Carrie, Caroline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.