Karena
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,508since 1946
Karena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 |
| 1998 | #1,921 | 79 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 1996 | #1,736 | 86 |
| 1995 | #1,920 | 72 |
| 1994 | #1,675 | 89 |
| 1993 | #1,603 | 95 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 1991 | #2,058 | 66 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 78 |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 |
| 1986 | #1,736 | 67 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 |
| 1982 | #1,807 | 60 |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 70 |
| 1979 | #1,503 | 78 |
| 1978 | #1,366 | 86 |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 |
| 1974 | #1,042 | 114 |
| 1973 | #1,120 | 100 |
| 1972 | #1,133 | 97 |
| 1971 | #1,159 | 100 |
| 1970 | #1,144 | 101 |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
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| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
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| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Karena! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,310 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #7,133)
- 504 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #7,133)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1974 at #1,042 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,873
- Highest: 1 in 12,873 girls born in 1974 were named Karena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 27.4% of all girls named Karena (962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | #3,883 (1948) | #4,150 |
| 1950s | 48 | #4,069 (1955) | #4,860 |
| 1960s | 261 | #1,303 (1969) | #2,675 |
| 1970s | 962 | #1,042 (1974) | #1,211 |
| 1980s | 651 | #1,644 (1980) | #1,778 |
| 1990s | 768 | #1,603 (1993) | #1,910 |
| 2000s | 508 | #2,016 (2000) | #3,287 |
| 2010s | 228 | #4,974 (2010) | #5,745 |
| 2020s | 68 | #6,629 (2020) | #9,368 |
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.
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