Carina

“Beloved, dear (from Latin carus)” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #1570 in the US (2025) · 90s

Carina has appeared in US records since 1914 — best rank #382 (1995) · 16,494 babies named Carina all-time · 1 in 13,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,600 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 3,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 7,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Carinas

Carina Vogt — German ski jumper
Carina Lau — Hong Kong actress
Carina Witthöft — German tennis player
Carina Bär — German rower
Carina Wiese — German actress

In stories & tradition

Carina Smyth — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales
Carina Tivan — comics character
Carina Miller — Chuck

What Carinas become

Among 685 notable people named Carina:

Medical professionals appear 2.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carina Tyrrell, British-Swiss physician, investor, and beauty pageant contestant.

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