Carina

Girl name

Carina has been given to 16,529 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It peaked in 1995.

Meaning & origin

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

Origin: Latin

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

16,529

Peak year

1995 (694 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1914

10-year trend

▼ -46%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Carina.

16,483 babies since 1982

16,585 babies since 1896

16,424 babies since 1982

16,360 babies since 1962

16,354 babies since 1916

16,301 babies since 1880

16,272 babies since 1957

16,264 babies since 1885

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