Karina Girl
How popular is Karina?
#749 girl name in 2025
363 baby girls were named Karina in the US in 2025, making it the 749th most popular girl name.
Karina popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #749 for girls (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 363 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #459 in 2015, #610 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (2,985 girls) |
| Highest rank | #108 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karina family of names ranked #565 for girls in 2025, with 503 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karina | 363 | 72% |
| Carina | 134 | 27% |
| Karyna | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karina is most popular
Babies named Karina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.6 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (371 girls)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (276 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 girls)
Karina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 51 | #2,861 |
| 1960s | 686 | #975 |
| 1970s | 2,860 | #417 |
| 1980s | 8,371 | #182 |
| 1990s | 22,612 | #108 |
| 2000s | 17,080 | #159 |
| 2010s | 7,376 | #293 |
| 2020s | 2,428 | #610 |
Girl names about as popular as Karina
Questions
- Is Karina a boy or girl name?
- Karina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karina were girls.
- How popular is the name Karina?
- 363 baby girls were named Karina in the US in 2025, making it the 749th most popular girl name.
- When was Karina most popular?
- Karina peaked in 1995, when 2,985 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #108 in 1996.
- How many people are named Karina?
- 61,717 babies have been named Karina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 60,691 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Karina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karina was most common in New Mexico, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.