Kaarina

Girls' name

Possibly Hecate or each of the two, through Karina

Kaarina has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2019, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Kaarina, 2019

1 in 496,000

Kaarina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaarina: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly Hecate or each of the two, through Karina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaarina means

Kaarina belongs to the name family reached through Kaarina → Karina → Katarina → Αἰκατερίνη. Its meaning is “Hecate or each of the two”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaarina is used in Finnish.

Kaarina comes through Swedish Karina.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Katariina, Karina, Katarina and Αἰκατερίνη.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Kaarina is pronounced /ˈkɑːrinɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 29 girls were recorded with the name Kaarina between 1977 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2019; its best national rank was #10,293 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kaarina?

Kaarina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 496,000; 7 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only: 1 in 240,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 343,825 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaarina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 343,825 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaarina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaarinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaarina was born before 2001 — so the typical Kaarina is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Kaarina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2019 (7)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,293; 1977

Spellings of Kaarina

Kaarina is not the most common spelling — Sabrina is, with 28.6% against Kaarina's <0.01%.

Sabrina28.6%142,601
Katrina20.4%101,493
Karina12.3%61,464
Marina7.9%39,514
Karin5.7%28,532
Carina3.3%16,494
Katina2.3%11,306
Catrina2.0%10,150

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kaarina around the world

Where Kaarina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1986–1995
#712
in 1995

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kaarina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,293; 1977
Peak year: 2019; 7 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kaarina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kahlina Saphina Kaashi Edelina Amalina Kaashvi Kailina Sevina Aelina Husaina Yukina Adelaina Novalina Zafina Mireina Ailina Kaavia Amelina Zamina Shahina Kaamilya Yazmina Waltina Idalina

Sibling names for Kaarina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leena Nala Emani Elliot Royalty Ariya Milena Rayne

For a brother

Joziah Ishaan Abdiel Torin Leighton Simeon Turner Levon

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