Girls' name · since 1963
Karinda
92 babies named Karinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
92 girls have been named Karinda since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karinda has been recorded 92 times among girls since 1963, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1993.
- #28,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karinda ranks #28,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karinda's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karinda's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1993
- Peak year (1988)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Karinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (47 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Karinda's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Karinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 47 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Karinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1963–1993 (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 Karinda 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.