The name Carina is of Scandinavian origin, and is a diminutive form of Cara.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carina has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carina
Use of the Name Carina for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
10,547
10,547
9,836
4,667
2,019
759
360
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carina has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Carina first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1976, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carina
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1976
897
147
1977
810
185
1978
816
183
1979
803
196
1980
763
217
1981
767
212
1982
722
239
1983
728
226
1984
682
247
1985
694
253
1986
734
242
1987
739
244
1988
608
328
1989
560
399
1990
544
434
1991
489
489
1992
474
520
1993
447
557
1994
453
562
1995
383
687
1996
417
607
1997
529
447
1998
552
448
1999
550
459
2000
566
460
2001
606
414
2002
653
386
2003
661
399
2004
729
360
Totals:
10,547
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Carina as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Carina appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 29 times during the last 125 years.