Is Karena a boy or girl name?

Karena is a girl’s name. Of the 3,508 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Karena

Recorded 1946–2025 · United States

Karena was most popular in 1974, when 114 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,757 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,508 people named Karena.

Karena over time

Births per year. The dot marks Karena’s peak in 1974. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Karena a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Karena is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,508 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Karena

Where Karena is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org