How Many People Are Named Karina?

60,566

people named Karina are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 5,643 people in the US has this name

Based on 61,717 babies named Karina in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#804

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#415

See the top 100

Peak Year

1995

3,001 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Pronunciation: kah-REE-nah (Swedish), ka-RYEE-na (Polish), ka-REE-na (German), ku-RYEE-nə (Russian), kə-REE-nə (Eng
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Elaborated form of KARIN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

AikaterineKatalinKattalinKatsiarynaKatarinKatellEkaterinaKaterinaCaterinaInaKataKatarinaKateKaticaTina

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.6%
Male
0.4%

Almost all of the babies given the name Karina (99.6%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Karina alive today is about 27 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 36,389
60.1%
30 to 59 23,842
39.4%
60 and over 335
0.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Karina first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 1995, to 3,001 babies. In 2025, 363 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Karina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #108, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #750.

Girls
Rank in 2025#750
Best rank#108 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#145 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Karina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Karina were born in California than in any other state: about 20,459 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karina was given 2.4 times as often in California, 1.7 times in Texas and 1.6 times in Arizona.

California 20,459
Texas 9,286
New York 4,004
Illinois 3,543
Florida 3,210
Arizona 1,802
New Jersey 1,612
Washington 1,262
Pennsylvania 911
Massachusetts 899
Georgia 861
North Carolina 780
Colorado 745
Michigan 665
Oregon 656
Virginia 648
Ohio 604
Wisconsin 514
Minnesota 497
Nevada 469
New Mexico 466
Maryland 461
Indiana 439
Connecticut 417
Utah 300
Tennessee 283
Kansas 273
Oklahoma 223
Missouri 206
Iowa 195
South Carolina 182
Idaho 162
Alabama 129
Nebraska 116
Arkansas 108
Kentucky 105
District of Columbia 94
Rhode Island 78
Alaska 34
Louisiana 33
Delaware 22
Hawaii 17
New Hampshire 5

Look up another name

👤

⊙ We don't save the names you search.