Karena
Karena was the 7307th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1043rd with 114 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,171 places. More babies were named Karena in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,307 girls, down 536 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1974114 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,508babies recorded
Karena popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,307 | 15 |
| 2020 | #6,771 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5,030 | 28 |
| 2000 | #2,029 | 82 |
| 1990 | #2,001 | 68 |
| 1980 | #1,649 | 70 |
| 1970 | #1,149 | 101 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,671 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Karena, counting every spelling?
Karena is a spelling of Kareena, a name family that had 30 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kareena | 15 | #7,306 | 72 |
| Karena | 15 | #7,307 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Karena?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karena (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Karena born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karena.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karena?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Karena are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 27 and 51. That makes Karena mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karena: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karena, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karena
How popular is the name Karena?
Karena was the 7307th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1043rd with 114 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,171 places. More babies were named Karena in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Karena a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Karena in the US.