How rare is the name Karina?

78,579 people in the United States have the first name Karina, about 1 in 3,844. It ranks #671 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARINA

#671

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,579
About
1 in 3,844
This common or more
63.7%
Who bears it

Of the 78,579 people named Karina, 77.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% as White and 3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karina peaked in 1995, when 3,001 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
3,001
In 2025*
363 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 61,717 babies have been given the name since 1956. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Karina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #296. The largest share of babies named Karina, 43.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,01451
1960s#2,176686
1970s#1,0582,876
1980s#5658,486
1990s#29622,724
2000s#41417,090
2010s#8337,376
2020s#1,3672,428
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–806.5%
Millennials 1981–9638.1%
Generation Z 1997–1243.7%
2013 and later11.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Karina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karina has been most common in California (3.5×), Arizona (2.5×), and Nevada (2.4×), and least common in Louisiana (0.03×).

58,805 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Karina

#669 Devon · 78,789#670 Jillian · 78,761#672 Damian · 78,536#673 Alejandra · 78,499

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karina, most common first.

#1,150 Karin · 34,535#4,723 Karine · 3,848#5,276 Karena · 3,292#6,156 Karima · 2,635#11,562 Karuna · 1,103#11,967 Karyna · 1,055#12,037 Karna · 1,047#17,700 Karinna · 618

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