How Many People Are Named Karena?
people named Karena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,449 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,508 babies named Karena in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
114 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaboration of KAREN (1), possibly influenced by CARINA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Karena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karena alive today is about 37 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karena first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1974, to 114 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,043, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #7,305.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,305 |
| Best rank | #1,043 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,223 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karena were born in California than in any other state: about 470 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karena was given 3.3 times as often in California, 2.3 times in New York and 1.2 times in Pennsylvania.
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