How Many People Are Named Karena?
An estimated 3,263 people in the United States have the first name Karena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Karena peaked in popularity in 1974 with 114 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karena 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 Karena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,263
About 1 in 105,043 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1974
114 births
Total Registered
3,493
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karena
Karena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,493 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karena as a female name
Ranked #8,668 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 1974 (114 births)
Karena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karena span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 962 babies were registered. Karena has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karena by Decade
How has Karena 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.
Karena by State
Birth registrations for Karena span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Oregon, New Jersey, Missouri. On average, about 67 Karenas were registered per state.
Karena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karena
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karena?
We estimate approximately 3,263 people named Karena 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 105,043 Americans share this first name.
Is Karena a common name?
Karena is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,493 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karena most popular?
Karena reached peak popularity in 1974, when 114 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karena is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karena a female name?
Karena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karena Smith, Karena Johnson, Karena 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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