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

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Peak · girls
1996 · 2,868 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
61,464
since 1956

Karina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karina has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #108, 1996girls
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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#749363—
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2021#677432—
2020#610477—
2019#571532—
2018#596511—
2017#548564—
2016#492633—
2015#459691—
2014#432740—
2013#388802—
2012#366858—
2011#341933—
2010#2931,112—
2009#2941,122—
2008#2371,444—
2007#2171,589—
2006#2251,530—
2005#2121,630—
2004#1971,734—
2003#1691,976—
2002#1681,959—
2001#1661,963#10,5565
2000#1592,133#10,3495
1999#1352,378—
1998#1442,235#5,46611
1997#1322,374#6,6188
1996#1082,868#7,1367
1995#1092,985#3,85416
1994#1402,262#4,09415
1993#1432,202#3,66117
1992#1581,949#3,45918
1991#1651,795#5,09610
1990#1881,564#4,99310
1989#1821,539#2,90221
1988#2041,288#3,70513
1987#288849#3,20115
1986#334722#3,00516
1985#351671#3,40113
1984#349658—
1983#349647#3,41112
1982#351667#3,96610
1981#357656#4,5098
1980#351674#4,9407
1979#417506#4,0689
1978#424478—
1977#475406#4,5827
1976#534328—
1975#587276—
1974#709206—
1973#757180—
1972#784174—
1971#870154—
1970#877152—
1969#975121—
1968#1,05699—
1967#1,34866—
1966#1,35165—
1965#1,25673—
1964#1,39365—
1963#1,78742—
1962#1,12693—
1961#1,66646—
1960#3,09516—
1959#3,25414—
1958#2,86217—
1957#4,2029—
1956#3,69611—
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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 2011

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 505 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNHWashington: #220 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 944 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #448 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,174 girlsMNIllinois: #216 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 991 girlsILWisconsin: #302 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,302 girlsWIMichigan: #599 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,186 girlsMINew York: #350 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,750 girlsNYMassachusetts: #322 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,502 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedRIOregon: #185 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 707 girlsORNevada: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedIAIndiana: #517 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,529 girlsINOhio: #541 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,867 girlsOHPennsylvania: #499 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,515 girlsPANew Jersey: #355 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsNJConnecticut: #252 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 1,070 girlsCAUtah: #365 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsUTColorado: #441 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,866 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNEMissouri: #550 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,704 girlsMOKentucky: #693 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,676 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedWVVirginia: #399 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,898 girlsVAMaryland: #556 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,664 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedDEArizona: #228 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 984 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNMKansas: #580 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,538 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedARTennessee: #554 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,692 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #433 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,103 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #370 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,588 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,906 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedALGeorgia: #401 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,835 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedHITexas: #231 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 1,113 girlsTXFlorida: #290 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#182 · 1 in 505
  2. Oregon#185 · 1 in 707
  3. Illinois#216 · 1 in 991
  4. Washington#220 · 1 in 944
  5. California#220 · 1 in 1,070

Best ever in a state: #34 in California, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#18251 in 505
Oregon#185211 in 707
Illinois#216601 in 991
California#2201941 in 1,070
Washington#220321 in 944
Arizona#228311 in 984
Texas#2311401 in 1,113
Connecticut#252121 in 1,005
Florida#290541 in 1,473
Wisconsin#302181 in 1,302
Massachusetts#322171 in 1,502
New York#350531 in 1,750
New Jersey#355221 in 1,680
Utah#365121 in 1,496
South Carolina#370111 in 1,588
Virginia#399191 in 1,898
Georgia#401261 in 1,835
North Carolina#433211 in 2,103
Colorado#441121 in 1,866
Minnesota#448111 in 2,174
Pennsylvania#499211 in 2,515
Indiana#517121 in 2,529
Nevada#54151 in 2,101
Ohio#541181 in 2,867
Missouri#550101 in 2,704
Tennessee#554111 in 2,692
Maryland#55691 in 2,664
Kansas#58051 in 2,538
Michigan#599131 in 3,186
Kentucky#69351 in 3,676
Louisiana#81951 in 3,906
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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 Karina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#772 → #749)
  • 139 spots since 2020 (#610 → #749)
  • 290 spots since 2015 (#459 → #749)
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1975 (#709 → #587)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2021 (#610 → #677)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s51#2,862 (1958)#3,504
1960s686#975 (1969)#1,505
1970s2,860#417 (1979)#643
1980s8,371#182 (1989)#312
1990s22,612#108 (1996)#142
2000s17,080#159 (2000)#204
2010s7,376#293 (2010)#449
2020s2,428#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.

Karina in 2011

girls
#341
933 births · 1 in 1,885 girls

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #341Karina933
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 1,885 of them was named Karina, which outranked 98.3% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karina
  1. #338Elliana939
  2. #339Kara938
  3. #340Crystal934
  4. #341Karina933
  5. #342Raegan931
  6. #343Caitlyn930
  7. #344Alejandra929
Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 814Milania#1,629 → #815
  2. ↑ 554Alianna#1,529 → #975
  3. ↑ 444Hattie#1,438 → #994
  4. ↑ 419Aviana#1,185 → #766
  5. ↑ 414Avianna#1,249 → #835
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,131Allisson#796 → #1,927
  2. ↓ 350Shaniya#565 → #915
  3. ↓ 346Brisa#464 → #810
  4. ↓ 335Alexus#976 → #1,311
  5. ↓ 273Abigale#909 → #1,182

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

See the top 100 for 2011 →