Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Carina name popularity since 1925
16,518 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Carina. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Carina is about 29 years old in 2026. Carina peaked in 1995 as the #383 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,518
- Named Carina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,572 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 16,483 girls · 35 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 3.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Carina made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Carina births per year, 1925–2025
1995 was the biggest year for Carina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Carina became 2× more common, from 1 in 7,070 baby girls to 1 in 3,550.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 36%, from 1 in 7,020 to 1 in 11,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Carina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Carina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Carina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 11 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 66 | 0 | #4,795 |
| 1960s | 355 | 0 | #2,550 |
| 1970s | 1,214 | 0 | #1,147 |
| 1980s | 2,617 | 5 | #691 |
| 1990s | 5,216 | 30 | #383 |
| 2000s | 3,652 | 0 | #741 |
| 2010s | 2,416 | 0 | #1,065 |
| 2020–25 | 936 | 0 | #1,572 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
38.1% of babies named Carina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Carina is most popular
The index compares Carina's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Carina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3.43× | 4,935 |
| Arizona | 1.78× | 313 |
| Washington | 1.71× | 389 |
| Florida | 1.61× | 792 |
| Texas | 1.56× | 1,659 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Carina and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Carina (this page) | 16,483 | 1995 |
| Karina | 61,464 | 1995 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Carina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Carina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Carina (1995).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data