How Many People Are Named Carena?
An estimated 310 people in the United States have the first name Carena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Carena peaked in popularity in 1998 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
310
About 1 in 1,105,659 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
1998
18 births
Total Registered
329
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carena
Carena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 329 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carena as a female name
Ranked #12,980 in 2017
7 female births in 2017
Peak: 1998 (18 births)
Carena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carena span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 111 babies were registered. Carena has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carena by Decade
How has Carena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carena
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carena?
We estimate approximately 310 people named Carena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,105,659 Americans share this first name.
Is Carena a common name?
Carena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 329 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carena most popular?
Carena reached peak popularity in 1998, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carena is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carena a female name?
Carena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carena Smith, Carena Johnson, Carena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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