Girls' name · since 1970
Kareena
1,499 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.
- #5,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,499
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kareena currently ranks #7217 among girls' names in America, with 1,499 babies recorded since 1970.
Kareena has 1,499 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7217 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #5,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,217 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,499 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kareena ranks #5,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,217 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,499 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,499
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kareena's 1,499 recorded births place it above 92.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kareena compares
1,499 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kareena's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kareena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,499 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 69 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kareena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kareena's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 69, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kareena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 69
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Kareena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (580 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Kareena's strongest decade.
580 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kareena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 61
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 145
1980s
145 births
- 1990s
1990s
246 births
- 2000s
2000s
580 births
- 2010s
2010s
377 births
- 2020s 90
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 580 births (39% of all-time use).
How Kareena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kareena's total volume
Kareena by state
Where Kareena concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 206 | 13.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 130 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 35 | 2.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
206 of 1,499 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Kareena's data
- Kareena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (580 total births); usage has since declined to 90 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kareenas (206 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kareena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Kareena 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.