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Carina

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-REE-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,570 for girls

Carina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “keel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,570th for girls in the US (134 babies).

What does Carina mean?

Latin: Latin word; also an Italian pet form of cara, dear

“keel”

Carina is a southern constellation representing the keel of Jason's ship, the Argo.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Carina a girl's or a boy's name?

Carina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 134 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,509th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Carina, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 34 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Carina since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Carina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were given Carina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #688, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 19982025
Carina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202412#2,323
202323#1,451
202230#1,187
202125#1,353
202027#1,286
201930#1,189
201829#1,237
201727#1,326
201622#1,552
201518#1,739
201421#1,544
201314#2,061
201219#1,681
201114#2,032
201020#1,575
200919#1,556
200816#1,745
200726#1,170
200623#1,229
200524#1,128
200428#990
200327#965
200220#1,147
200125#955
200027#898
199926#923
199834#761
199733#788
199628#855

How popular is Carina in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,570th among girls
Babies in 2025
134 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 134 girls in the US were named Carina, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,343rd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 689 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Carina than any year since 1975.

Half of all the girls named Carina in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 497 girls in the US were given Carina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #599, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.

1914Busiest: 689 in 19952025
Carina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025134#1,570
2024147#1,484
2023156#1,430
2022166#1,381
2021169#1,327
2020164#1,343
2019239#1,061
2018236#1,075
2017236#1,075
2016245#1,064
2015248#1,065
2014254#1,026
2013232#1,068
2012225#1,096
2011230#1,070
2010271#948
2009314#876
2008308#901
2007334#850
2006308#864
2005363#741
2004363#731
2003401#663
2002386#654
2001415#607
2000460#567
1999459#550
1998448#553
1997449#528
1996607#418
1995689#382
1994563#452
1993557#449
1992520#475
1991488#490
1990436#543
1989400#560
1988329#607
1987246#733
1986242#734
1985256#691
1984245#684
1983227#727
1982240#722
1981214#762
1980218#759
1979196#804
1978183#818
1977185#811
1976148#891
1975101#1,145
197496#1,169
197381#1,276
197276#1,325
197172#1,445
197076#1,369
196969#1,385
196866#1,375
196749#1,617
196624#2,452
196523#2,537
196427#2,347
196316#3,175
196232#2,072
196132#2,069
196017#2,988
195915#3,103
19589#4,192
19577#4,917
195613#3,320
19557#4,739
19549#3,965
19536#5,039
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19475#5,293
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19426#4,122
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19380–
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19170–
19166#3,917
19150–
19145#3,617

Names like Carina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Carina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carina, updated 20 October 2026.