Carina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Carina: Recorded every year since 1958, it reached #60 in 1983, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
122times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Carina's record

Ranked every year since 1958, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#802
1997	#946
1998	#737
1999	#985
2000	#897
2001	#992
2002	#1104
2003	#996
2004	#963
2005	#1165
2006	#1243
2007	#1234
2008	#2150
2009	#1526
2010	#1815
2011	#2025
2012	#1893
2013	#2313
2014	#1501
2015	#1865
2016	#1525
2017	#1330
2018	#1314
2019	#1153
2020	#1267
2021	#1402
2022	#1120
2023	#1410
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 61 of the 63 years from 1958 to 2020.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1958–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #295 among girls in Norway in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1958–2020
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1958–2020).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Carina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1958, and has registered 2,587 births with the name.

Carina across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#295 (1958)	#60 (1983)	#477 (2020)	61 of 63	2,587 (1958–2020)	129 (1987)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1967)	#269 (1977)	#898 (2024)	31 of 58	231 (1967–2024)	15 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#802 (1996)	#737 (1998)	#2771 (2024)	29 of 29	606 (1996–2024)	31 (1998)

Carina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	18	2 of 10	9
1960s	148	10 of 10	15
1970s	481	10 of 10	48
1980sbusiest	1,057	10 of 10	106
1990s	609	10 of 10	61
2000s	220	10 of 10	22
2010s	50	8 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 106 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births fell by 30, from 102 to 72.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Carina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1987.

Carina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1120	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1267	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#963	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#946	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#802	28	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#477	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#525	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#548	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#548	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#473	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#491	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#403	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#318	15	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#499	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#294	16	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#195	31	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#284	16	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#201	26	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#178	30	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#170	31	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#155	38	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#186	30	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#138	47	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#160	40	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#136	51	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#139	51	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#136	53	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#131	58	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#114	72	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#76	102	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#80	105	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#75	105	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#67	123	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#60	129	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#71	103	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#73	100	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#62	111	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#60	116	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#70	102	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#81	90	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#91	78	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#91	79	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#93	79	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#101	62	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#119	52	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#157	37	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#161	38	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#145	42	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#183	28	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#177	29	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#150	35	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#208	21	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#290	13	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#241	16	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#273	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#222	18	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#257	14	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#287	11	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#314	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#295	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	11	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1958 and 2024, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 129 births, registered in Norway in 1987.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1967, and 66 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cari · #919, 29y
Cariad · #1416, 29y
Carine · #278, 31y
Caris · #430, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gerald · #57, 63y
Shona · #63, 69y
Killian · #55, 62y
Seamus · #55, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Tanja · #60, 46y
Vebjørn · #60, 65y
Siw · #61, 43y
Stanley · #59, 50y

Carina was ranked #60 in Norway · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carina without appearing here.

Carina moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #4684.
Yvonne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #3160.
Donna Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1526 and #3031.
Sinead Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1314 and #1314 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1153 and #2458.

Moved ahead of Carina

Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1410 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1160.
Shania Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1410 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1353.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1410 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1541.
Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1410 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1603.

Moved the opposite way to Carina

Andrea Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 while Andrea went from #329 to #64.
Anna Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 while Anna went from #71 to #14.
Elise Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 while Elise went from #247 to #51.
Ella Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 while Ella went from #248 to #3.

Moved the same way as Carina

Åse Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 and Åse from #38 to #107.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 and Cathrine from #313 to #478.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 and Cecilie from #146 to #439.
Else Compare
Between 1958 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Carina went from #295 to #477 and Else from #57 to #244.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carina

Carina at a glance

What stands out in Carina's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carina across 3 official records

Carina by decade in Norway · Girls

Carina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Carina

Carina and the names beside it

Carina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carina

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Moved the same way as Carina

Carina at a glance

What stands out in Carina's record

Carina across 3 official records

Carina by decade in Norway · Girls

Carina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Carina

Carina and the names beside it

Carina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carina

Moved the opposite way to Carina

Moved the same way as Carina