Karina
- #749 for girls in 2025, 363 births
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
- Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 2,868 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 61,464since 1956
Karina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karina has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #749 | 363 | — | |
| 2024 | #772 | 365 | — | |
| 2023 | #759 | 370 | — | |
| 2022 | #700 | 421 | — | |
| 2021 | #677 | 432 | — | |
| 2020 | #610 | 477 | — | |
| 2019 | #571 | 532 | — | |
| 2018 | #596 | 511 | — | |
| 2017 | #548 | 564 | — | |
| 2016 | #492 | 633 | — | |
| 2015 | #459 | 691 | — | |
| 2014 | #432 | 740 | — | |
| 2013 | #388 | 802 | — | |
| 2012 | #366 | 858 | — | |
| 2011 | #341 | 933 | — | |
| 2010 | #293 | 1,112 | — | |
| 2009 | #294 | 1,122 | — | |
| 2008 | #237 | 1,444 | — | |
| 2007 | #217 | 1,589 | — | |
| 2006 | #225 | 1,530 | — | |
| 2005 | #212 | 1,630 | — | |
| 2004 | #197 | 1,734 | — | |
| 2003 | #169 | 1,976 | — | |
| 2002 | #168 | 1,959 | — | |
| 2001 | #166 | 1,963 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #159 | 2,133 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #135 | 2,378 | — | |
| 1998 | #144 | 2,235 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #132 | 2,374 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #108 | 2,868 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #109 | 2,985 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #140 | 2,262 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #143 | 2,202 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #158 | 1,949 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #165 | 1,795 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #188 | 1,564 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #182 | 1,539 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #204 | 1,288 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #288 | 849 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #334 | 722 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #351 | 671 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #349 | 658 | — | |
| 1983 | #349 | 647 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #351 | 667 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #357 | 656 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #351 | 674 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #417 | 506 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #424 | 478 | — | |
| 1977 | #475 | 406 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #534 | 328 | — | |
| 1975 | #587 | 276 | — | |
| 1974 | #709 | 206 | — | |
| 1973 | #757 | 180 | — | |
| 1972 | #784 | 174 | — | |
| 1971 | #870 | 154 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,348 | 66 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Karina! It came in at #3,696, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Karina is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- California#458 · 1 in 2,215
- Minnesota#540 · 1 in 2,387
- Kentucky#570 · 1 in 2,464
- Washington#617 · 1 in 2,886
- Oregon#619 · 1 in 2,610
Best ever in a state: #34 in California, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #458 | 73 | 1 in 2,215 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 9 | 1 in 2,387 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Illinois | #619 | 15 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Texas | #649 | 47 | 1 in 3,416 |
| Virginia | #662 | 11 | 1 in 3,067 |
| New York | #704 | 23 | 1 in 3,406 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 13 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Florida | #768 | 21 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 23 spots since 2024 (#772 → #749)
- 139 spots since 2020 (#610 → #749)
- Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1975
- Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1996 at #108 (2,868 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 589
- Highest: 1 in 589 girls born in 1995 were named Karina (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,428 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #108 in 1996, was only 1 in 611 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 36.8% of all girls named Karina (22,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 51 | #2,862 (1958) | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 686 | #975 (1969) | #1,505 |
| 1970s | 2,860 | #417 (1979) | #643 |
| 1980s | 8,371 | #182 (1989) | #312 |
| 1990s | 22,612 | #108 (1996) | #142 |
| 2000s | 17,080 | #159 (2000) | #204 |
| 2010s | 7,376 | #293 (2010) | #449 |
| 2020s | 2,428 | #610 (2020) | #711 |
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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