Karena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karena: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #349, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#349highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Karena's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2004	#2530
2007	#5201

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 Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 48 years from 1971 to 2018.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2018
Highest recorded position: #349 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1971–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 90 births with the name.

Karena across 2 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.

Karena'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#349 (1973)	#734 (2018)	20 of 48	90 (1971–2018)	8 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#5201 (2007)	5 of 12	23 (1996–2007)	7 (1996)

Karena by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Karena in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970sbusiest	39	8 of 10	5
1980s	40	9 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Karena 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 2 regions, from 1971 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #349 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Karena'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
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1971 and 2018, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #349, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 25 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.

Kareena · #556, 25y
Karen · #1, 81y
Kari · #3, 81y
Kari-Anne · #140, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aishah · #348, 29y
Enoch · #348, 29y
Kenechukwu · #348, 22y
Keon · #348, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Rania · #349, 42y
Alena · #350, 30y
Marsha · #348, 20y
Jaran · #347, 26y

Karena was ranked #349 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. 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.

Karena 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 Karena without appearing here.

Karena moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #428 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #352 and #542.
Elaine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #448 and #47 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #896.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #448 and #213 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #896.
Janet Compare
In 2017 they stood at #448 and #320 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #896.

Moved ahead of Karena

Sadie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #448 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #19.
Emilie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #448 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #299.
Shannon Compare
In 1984 they stood at #399 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #348.
Holly Compare
In 1982 they stood at #423 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #529 and #365.

Moved the opposite way to Karena

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 while Alexandra went from #257 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 while Alice went from #124 to #33.
Amelia Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 while Amelia went from #466 to #5.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 while Amy went from #277 to #62.

Moved the same way as Karena

Aisling Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 and Aisling from #58 to #96.
Alison Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 and Alison from #76 to #162.
Alma Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 and Alma from #234 to #512.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karena went from #466 to #734 and Amanda from #56 to #436.

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 2 regions, from 1971 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #349 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karena

Karena at a glance

What stands out in Karena's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karena across 2 official records

Karena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Karena

Karena and the names beside it

Karena moved ahead of

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Karena at a glance

What stands out in Karena's record

Karena across 2 official records

Karena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Karena

Karena and the names beside it

Karena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karena

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