Spellings
Karina or Carina?
In the US in 2025, 73% of babies in this name family were spelled Karina and 27% Carina. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Karina already led in 2015, with 74% of the family's births; it has 73% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 939 to 497 births (−47%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karina | 691 | 363 | −47% |
| Carina | 248 | 134 | −46% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /kəˈrinə/ (kuh-REE-nuh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Karina 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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