How Many People Are Named Carina?
An estimated 15,790 people in the United States have the first name Carina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Carina peaked in popularity in 1995 with 694 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carina 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 Carina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
15,790
About 1 in 21,707 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
1995
694 births
Total Registered
16,395
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carina
Carina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 16,395 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Carina as a male name
Ranked #9,058 in 1995
5 male births in 1995
Peak: 1990 (8 births)
Carina as a female name
Ranked #1,479 in 2024
147 female births in 2024
Peak: 1995 (689 births)
Carina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carina span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 5,246 babies were registered. Carina has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carina by Decade
How has Carina 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.
Carina by State
Birth registrations for Carina span all 34 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Iowa, Hawaii. On average, about 393 Carinas were registered per state.
Carina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carina
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carina?
We estimate approximately 15,790 people named Carina 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 21,707 Americans share this first name.
Is Carina a common name?
Carina is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 16,395 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carina most popular?
Carina reached peak popularity in 1995, when 694 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carina is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carina a female name?
Carina is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carina Smith, Carina Johnson, Carina 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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