Carina

Carina was the #1,570 girls' name in the US in 2025 (134 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Carina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Carina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Carina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,570 (134)#2,440 (11)——#1,315 (19)
2024#1,484 (147)#2,772 (9)#790 (3)#898 (3)#1,234 (20)
2023#1,430 (156)#1,410 (22)——#1,155 (21)
2022#1,381 (166)#1,120 (30)——#1,362 (17)
2021#1,327 (169)#1,402 (22)#792 (3)—#1,381 (17)
2020#1,343 (164)#1,267 (25)——#1,087 (23)
2019#1,061 (239)#1,153 (29)——#895 (30)
2018#1,075 (236)#1,314 (25)#680 (4)—#1,031 (25)
2017#1,075 (236)#1,330 (25)——#836 (33)
2016#1,064 (245)#1,525 (21)——#915 (29)
2015#1,065 (248)#1,865 (15)#806 (3)—#1,157 (21)
2014#1,026 (254)#1,501 (20)—#752 (4)#870 (31)
2013#1,068 (232)#2,313 (11)#816 (3)—#1,133 (22)
2012#1,096 (225)#1,893 (15)#665 (4)—#931 (28)
2011#1,070 (230)#2,025 (13)—#937 (3)#689 (41)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #382.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Carina is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Carina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Carina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Carina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CarinaCanadaGirls#1,31519
CarinaEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
CarinaIrelandGirls—too few
CarinaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CarinaScotlandGirls—too few
CarinaUSGirls#1,570134
CarinaUSBoys—too few