Kareena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-REE-nuh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kareena is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kareena mean?
Used in India and Pakistan; probably a form of Karina
The Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor made this spelling widely known in South Asia and among diaspora families.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kareena a girl's or a boy's name?
Kareena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kareena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 57 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kareena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kareena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 54 | #644 |
| 2004 | 42 | #731 |
| 2003 | 57 | #582 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kareena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kareena, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Kareena in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kareena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,783 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Kareena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Khadija Aisha Keira Amira Sienna Anaya Safa Hana Aaliyah Amina Amaya
Names related to Kareena
Karina Karen Kiarna Karena Karyna Karinna Karenna Kareen Karianne
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, “Kareena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kareena, updated 20 October 2026.