Karlina

Gender: Girl
Say it: kar-LEE-nuh
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #14,937 for girls

Karlina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Karlina mean?

Germanic: spelling of Carlina; Italian feminine of Carlo (Charles)

“free man”

Italian pet form of Carla, the feminine of Carlo, from the Germanic Karl.

Meaning borrowed from Carlina.

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

Karlina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Karlina in the US?

Rank in 2025: 14,937th among girls
Babies in 2025: 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Karlina, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the girls named Karlina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 15 in 20132025

Karlina in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	5	#14,937
2024	0	–
2023	0	–
2022	0	–
2021	7	#12,201
2020	0	–
2019	8	#11,350
2018	6	#13,788
2017	6	#14,120
2016	9	#10,855
2015	11	#9,476
2014	14	#8,050
2013	15	#7,744
2012	9	#11,251
2011	0	–
2010	8	#12,270
2009	11	#9,971
2008	10	#10,802
2007	12	#9,535
2006	11	#9,897
2005	7	#13,003
2004	7	#12,754
2003	10	#9,666
2002	5	#15,426
2001	11	#8,751
2000	12	#8,020
1999	9	#9,472
1998	8	#10,116
1997	8	#9,797
1996	6	#11,801
1995	9	#8,761
1994	9	#8,798
1993	12	#7,031
1992	9	#8,726
1991	11	#7,423
1990	12	#6,861
1989	9	#8,031
1988	10	#7,106
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	6	#9,139
1983	8	#7,310
1982	0	–
1981	8	#7,407