as a First Name
Late 19th-century coinage, apparently representing a Latinate elaboration of the feminine adjective cara ‘beloved’ in part it may also have been inspired by Karin.
| 2,091st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,257
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 11,124
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- California
- has the most people named Carina per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
0%
55+
55+
12%
30-54
30-54
36%
13-29
13-29
52%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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