Kareena — #8516 US girls' name
1,484 babies named Kareena in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kareena was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Kareena in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kareena
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,484 babies named Kareena between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kareena currently holds the #8516 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kareena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kareena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 206 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kareena in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kareena 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 1,484 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.
Kareena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kareena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2002)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #8516 among girls.
1,484 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 69 births in a single year.
Kareena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 580 births that decade — 39% of Kareena's all-time total
Kareena decade highlights
- Peak decade 580 births
- Runner-up 377 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kareena's strongest decade
580 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kareena by state
Where Kareena concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 206 | 13.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 130 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 35 | 2.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
206 of 1,484 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.9% of nationwide
- New York 8.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.