How popular is the name Karina?

Karina ranks 411th among girls' names in US records, with 82,952 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,211.

Is Karina a unisex name?

No. Karina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1995, when 3,756 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Carina. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#411 of girl names

Pronounced K AA0 R IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Karina is a girls' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 82,952 children — the 411th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 53% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1995, when 3,756 children were given it.

Carina is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1995Girls: 3,756Boys: 21

These spellings sound identical to Karina and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Karina?: Karina ranks 411th among girls' names in US records, with 82,952 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,211.
Is Karina a unisex name?: No. Karina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Karina most popular?: 1995, when 3,756 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Karina spelled?: Carina. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.