Total births
29
Girls' name · since 1977
Kaarina
29 babies named Kaarina in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 29
- total births
- 1977–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
29 girls have been named Kaarina since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kaarina has 29 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2019.
- 29 total births
- 1977–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
29 girls have been named Kaarina since 1977, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 29
- total births
- 1977–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
41% of everyone ever named Kaarina was born in this single decade.
2019
Single peak year
7 babies were named Kaarina in 2019 - its busiest year on record.
Kaarina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaarina's full recorded timeline at 2001, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaarina at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2019
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1977
Kaarina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Kaarina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kaarina's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kaarina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (41% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kaarina? ▼
Kaarina has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1977, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 7 babies were born in 2019, its single highest year.
When was Kaarina most popular? ▼
Kaarina was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Kaarina been used? ▼
Kaarina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 43 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kaarina? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaaren, Kaavya, Kaaliyah, Kaari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Kaarina
Nearby Names Like Kaarina
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Kaarina
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Kaaliyah Girl
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Kaari Girl
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Kaashvi Girl
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Compare Kaarina side by side: Kaarina vs Kaaren Kaarina vs Kaavya Kaarina vs Kaaliyah
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1977–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kaarina: Baby Name Since 1977 - 29 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kaarina. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kaarina 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 June 2026.