Karina
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About Karina
This sweet and loving name, favored in recent years by a mix of Hispanic-American parents and Bob Dylan fans, was chosen for her daughter by TV actress Melina Kanakaredes.
Pronounced kah-REE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Karina ranked #750 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #108 in 1996.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #433 | 738 | 413.1 |
| 2015 | #460 | 691 | 387.1 |
| 2016 | #494 | 632 | 356.7 |
| 2017 | #548 | 564 | 326.7 |
| 2018 | #596 | 511 | 300.4 |
| 2019 | #572 | 532 | 317 |
| 2020 | #610 | 477 | 295.1 |
| 2021 | #676 | 432 | 263.3 |
| 2022 | #701 | 421 | 256.7 |
| 2023 | #761 | 370 | 230.6 |
| 2024 | #774 | 363 | 224 |
| 2025 | #750 | 363 | 225.8 |
World rankings
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Karina on lists
Famous Karinas
- Katrina "Karina" Lombard
Tahitian,American actress/singer
- Karina Smirnoff
Ukrainian,American dancer on TV's Dancing with the Stars
- Karina Beteta
Peruvian politician
- Karina Pasian
American singer
- Karina Logue
Canadian actress and sister of actor Donal Logue
- Karina Berger
Swiss model
- Karina Gauvin
Canadian soprano
- Karina Habsudova
Slovak tennis player
- Karina Gould
Canadian politician
- Karina Chenelle LeBlanc
Canadian soccer player
- (Laura) Karina González (Muñoz)
Nuestra Belleza México 2011
- Karina Ramos (Leiton)
Miss Costa Rica 2014
- Karina Eleni Constantinides (b. 2003)
daughter of actress Melina Kanakaredes and Peter Constantinides
- Anna Karina
Danish,born actress
- Karina Noel aka Karina Barroso
American singer,songwriter
- Karina
stage name of Yoo Jimin. member of Korean Idol group Aespa