Girls' name · since 1975
Carinna
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.
- #21,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carinna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 168 have been recorded since 1975.
Carinna has 168 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2014.
- #21,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carinna ranks #21,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carinna's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Carinna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carinna's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carinna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2014
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
168 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 12 births in a single year.
Carinna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Carinna's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Carinna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (33% of all-time use).
Carinna decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Carinna by state
Where Carinna concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 168 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Carinna's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2010s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Carinnas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carinna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carinna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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