Carlina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Carlina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Carlina mean?
Germanic: Italian feminine of Carlo (Charles)
“free man”
Italian pet form of Carla, the feminine of Carlo, from the Germanic Karl.
Is Carlina a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Carlina, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Carlina in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Nicknames for Carlina
Names like Carlina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Alina, Alyssa, Carolina, Kiara, Briana, Cassidy, Samantha, Fiona, Mckenna, Daniela, Sierra
Names related to Carlina
Caroline, Carolyn, Karolina, Carlin, Caraline, Carlyn, Carlynn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Carlina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlina, updated 20 October 2026.