Carina

#1,570 for girls in 2025, 134 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1995 · 689 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,494
since 1914

Carina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carina has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #382, 1995girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,570134—
2024#1,484147—
2023#1,430156—
2022#1,381166—
2021#1,327169—
2020#1,343164—
2019#1,061239—
2018#1,075236—
2017#1,075236—
2016#1,064245—
2015#1,065248—
2014#1,026254—
2013#1,068232—
2012#1,096225—
2011#1,070230—
2010#948271—
2009#876314—
2008#901308—
2007#850334—
2006#864308—
2005#741363—
2004#731363—
2003#663401—
2002#654386—
2001#607415—
2000#567460—
1999#550459—
1998#553448—
1997#528449—
1996#418607—
1995#382689#8,8685
1994#452563#8,8005
1993#449557—
1992#475520#6,6707
1991#490488#8,2365
1990#544436#5,8238
1989#560400—
1988#607329—
1987#733246—
1986#734242—
1985#691256—
1984#684245—
1983#727227#6,2385
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1978#818183—
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1976#891148—
1975#1,145101—
1974#1,16996—
1973#1,27681—
1972#1,32576—
1971#1,44572—
1970#1,36976—
1969#1,38569—
1968#1,37566—
1967#1,61749—
1966#2,45324—
1965#2,53823—
1964#2,34827—
1963#3,17616—
1962#2,07332—
1961#2,07032—
1960#2,98917—
1959#3,10415—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Carina! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Carina is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNHWashington: #514 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,834 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMNIllinois: #595 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,831 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMINew York: #1,189 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,483 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedRIOregon: #468 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,460 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedINOhio: #1,061 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,662 girlsOHPennsylvania: #890 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,493 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #322 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 1,828 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedDEArizona: #587 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,856 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carina, so not publishedHITexas: #710 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,709 girlsTXFlorida: #1,048 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,322 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#322 · 1 in 1,828
  2. Oregon#468 · 1 in 3,460
  3. Washington#514 · 1 in 3,834
  4. Arizona#587 · 1 in 3,856
  5. Illinois#595 · 1 in 4,831

Best ever in a state: #159 in Nevada, 1995.

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StateRankBirthsShare
California#322951 in 1,828
Oregon#46851 in 3,460
Washington#51471 in 3,834
Arizona#58751 in 3,856
Illinois#595161 in 4,831
Texas#710211 in 5,709
Pennsylvania#89061 in 11,493
Florida#1,04851 in 10,322
Ohio#1,06151 in 14,662
New York#1,18981 in 12,483
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Carina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#1,484 → #1,570)
  • 227 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,570)
  • 505 spots since 2015 (#1,065 → #1,570)
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1976 (#1,145 → #891)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2006 (#741 → #864)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1995 at #382 (689 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1976–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,552
  • Highest: 1 in 2,552 girls born in 1995 were named Carina (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,995 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Carina (5,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,618 (1914)#3,769
1920s0——
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1940s11#4,124 (1942)#4,710
1950s66#3,104 (1959)#4,183
1960s355#1,375 (1968)#2,202
1970s1,214#804 (1979)#1,105
1980s2,617#560 (1989)#698
1990s5,216#382 (1995)#484
2000s3,652#567 (2000)#745
2010s2,416#948 (2010)#1,055
2020s936#1,327 (2021)#1,423

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carina in 1980

girls
#759
218 births · 1 in 7,616 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #759Carina218
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 7,616 of them was named Carina, which outranked 93.8% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carina
  1. #752Tanesha220
  2. #757Daniel219
  3. #757Shantel219
  4. #759Carina218
  5. #759Danelle218
  6. #759Helena218
  7. #759Shelia218
  8. #763Joseph217
  9. #763Marta217
  10. #765Eve216

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →