Karina — #774 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karina

The Social Security Administration has registered 61,097 babies named Karina between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karina currently holds the #774 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 2,985 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 22,612 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20,695 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Karina in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karina 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 61,097 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.