Girls' name · since 1981
Karlina
328 babies named Karlina in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 328
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karlina is the #15441 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 328 recorded since 1981.
Karlina has 328 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15441 as of the latest data, more common than 11% 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 1981 to 2025.
- #15,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,441 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 328 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlina ranks #15,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,441 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 328 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 328
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karlina's 328 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karlina compares
328 47th percentile among 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
Karlina's all-time total is 13% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karlina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 328 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karlina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karlina splits its recorded history at 2003: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karlina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Karlina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Karlina's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Karlina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Karlina's data
- Karlina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karlina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Karlina 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.