Karena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-REE-nuh
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Karena is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Karena mean?
Scandinavian: variant of Karina, an elaboration of Karin, the Swedish form of Katherine
A spelling of Karina, which grew from Karin, the Scandinavian short form of Katherine; in Italian, carina means 'dear, pretty'.
Is Karena a girl's or a boy's name?
Karena 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 Karena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Karena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Karena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Karena, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had more girls named Karena than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Karena in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,734 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,915 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,670 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,601 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,778 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,984 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,729 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,835 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,735 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,807 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,674 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,644 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 86 | #1,366 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,247 |
| 1976 | 92 | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 114 | #1,042 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,120 |
| 1972 | 97 | #1,133 |
| 1971 | 100 | #1,159 |
| 1970 | 101 | #1,144 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,303 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Nicknames for Karena
Names like Karena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Keira, Jessica, Francesca, Kiana, Brianna, Aisha, Cara, Kianna, Alisha, Khadija, Sienna
Names related to Karena
Karina, Karen, Kareena, Kiarna, Karin, Karyn, Karine, Karyna, Karinna
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley
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, “Karena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karena, updated 20 October 2026.