Karine

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karine: Recorded since 1958, it reached #186 in 1980, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2008

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
2005	#4798
2008	#5545

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 57 of the 61 years from 1958 to 2018.

In 2008: #561 among girls in Norway, #5545 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1958–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #422 among girls in Norway in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1958–2018
Highest recorded position: #186 among girls in Norway, in 1980 (recorded 1958–2018).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #460 among girls in Norway, in 2018.
Norway · Girls

Karine appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1958, and has registered 851 births with the name.

Karine 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.

Karine'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	#422 (1958)	#186 (1980)	#460 (2018)	57 of 61	851 (1958–2018)	32 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5545 (2008)	4 of 13	12 (1996–2008)	3 (1996)

Karine 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 Karine in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	12	2 of 10	6
1960s	62	8 of 10	8
1970s	179	10 of 10	18
1980sbusiest	227	10 of 10	23
1990s	200	10 of 10	20
2000s	127	10 of 10	13
2010s	44	7 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karine 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 1958 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #186 in Norway in 1980.

Karine'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
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#460	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#495	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#525	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#463	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#399	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#561	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#454	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#258	19	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#282	16	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#387	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#272	16	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#219	23	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#246	18	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#248	18	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#210	25	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#285	15	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#278	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#240	21	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#261	19	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#243	21	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#311	15	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#190	32	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#242	23	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#249	22	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#217	27	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#224	23	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#251	19	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#273	17	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#264	18	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#197	28	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#186	30	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#203	26	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#374	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#208	24	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#272	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#249	19	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#283	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#289	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#293	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#329	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#322	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#429	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#358	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#402	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#419	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#371	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#428	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#373	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#422	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1958 and 2018, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #186, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 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.

Karin · #10, 81y
Karina · #55, 71y
Karis · #238, 29y
Karishma · #582, 25y

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.

Kristi · #185, 60y
Jelena · #183, 53y
Eivor · #181, 56y
Rosemarie · #191, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Abdirahman · #188, 65y
Vibecke · #188, 36y
Jelena · #183, 53y
Franciszek · #182, 24y

Karine was ranked #186 in Norway · Girls in 1980. 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.

Karine 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 Karine without appearing here.

Karine moved ahead of

Jacqueline Compare
In 1970 they stood at #329 and #327 in Norway · Girls; by 1971 that had become #293 and #487.
Hege Compare
In 2011 they stood at #561 and #551 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #399 and #580.
Jane Compare
In 1993 they stood at #261 and #245 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #240 and #389.
Monica Compare
In 2011 they stood at #543 and #481 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #399 and #544.

Moved ahead of Karine

Malin Compare
In 1976 they stood at #208 and #211 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #374 and #133.
Alma Compare
In 2002 they stood at #272 and #291 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #387 and #154.
Julia Compare
In 1976 they stood at #208 and #244 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #374 and #172.
Samantha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #399 and #431 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #463 and #298.

Moved the opposite way to Karine

Emily Compare
Between 1969 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Karine went from #322 to #460 while Emily went from #547 to #56.
Mathilde Compare
Between 1969 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Karine went from #322 to #460 while Mathilde went from #570 to #28.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Karine went from #293 to #460 while Amanda went from #556 to #30.
Tuva Compare
Between 1971 and 2018 in Norway · Girls, Karine went from #293 to #460 while Tuva went from #549 to #25.

Moved the same way as Karine

Jeanette Compare
Between 1959 and 2011 in Norway · Girls, Karine went from #362 to #543 and Jeanette from #246 to #541.

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 1958 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #186 in Norway in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karine

Karine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karine across 2 official records

Karine by decade in Norway · Girls

Karine appears in

Popularity data

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Karine at a glance

Karine across 2 official records

Karine by decade in Norway · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Karine

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Karine moved ahead of

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