Carina
About Carina
Carina is a pretty delicately feminine name whose fall from popularity is not helped by its similarity to hurricane name Katrina or slang victim Karen.
As of October 2026, Carina ranked #1572 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #383 in 1995, Nameberry popularity #928.
Editor's take: The name Carina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "dear little one".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,026 | 254 | 142.2 |
| 2015 | #1,064 | 248 | 138.9 |
| 2016 | #1,064 | 245 | 138.3 |
| 2017 | #1,076 | 236 | 136.7 |
| 2018 | #1,075 | 236 | 138.7 |
| 2019 | #1,061 | 239 | 142.4 |
| 2020 | #1,347 | 163 | 100.8 |
| 2021 | #1,328 | 169 | 103 |
| 2022 | #1,381 | 166 | 101.2 |
| 2023 | #1,425 | 156 | 97.2 |
| 2024 | #1,479 | 147 | 90.7 |
| 2025 | #1,572 | 134 | 83.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Carinas
- Carina Lau (Kar
ling), Hong Kong actress
- Carina Witthöft
German tennis player
- Carina Marguerite Benninga
Dutch Olympic field hockey player
- Carina Persson
Swedish model
- Carina Rose Mariano (b. 2010)
daughter of reality TV personalities Rob and Amber Mariano
Carina in pop culture
- Carina DeLuca
character from the tv show, "Greys Anatomy"
- "Carina
" popular song written by Alberto Testa and Corrado Lojacono
- "Carina
" song by Swedish band Larz,Kristerz
- "Carina
" song by English singer James Hunter
- Carina Press
romance publisher
- Carina
character in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"
- Carina Smyth
character in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (the character was named for the constellation Carina)
- Carina
constellation in the southern sky; the name is Latin for "keel", referring to the keel of Jason's ship the Argo.
- As a Scandinavian name
Carina is ultimately a form of Katherine (being a variation of Karin, Swedish short form of Katarina)