Fun Facts About the Name Kareena
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kareena: U.S. records list 1,499 babies given the name Kareena from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kareena Mean?
Kareena is most often treated as a spelling variant of Karina or Carina, a feminine name usually explained as beloved or dear one. The meaning comes from Latin carus, meaning dear, and its feminine form cara; the given name Carina is related to Cara rather than to the identical Latin noun carina, meaning keel of a ship.
Karina can also be a short form of Katarina (Catherine), a name found in Scandinavian, German, Slavic, and other European languages. The older Greek name Aikaterine behind Katarina is of uncertain origin; it has long been popularly connected with Greek katharos, meaning pure. Some references therefore give Kareena the meaning pure, but for the spelling Kareena itself the derivation is not documented.
Kareena Name History & Origins
Kareena is a modern phonetic spelling of Karina or Carina. Carina is used as a feminine name in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and English, while Karina is common in Scandinavian, Slavic, German, and Spanish-speaking countries. In English, spellings such as Kareena follow familiar patterns for writing the ee sound, and the form is later than the older Carina and Karina.
In South Asia, Kareena is used as a feminine given name; the Indian actress Kareena Kapoor is a well-known bearer of this spelling.
How Popular is the Name Kareena?
Kareena has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2002. Its best rank was #2,341 in 2002.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,306 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #8,667 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #7,819 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #7,450 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #7,098 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,483 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #4,602 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #4,282 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,992 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #5,371 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #3,364 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2014 | #4,405 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #4,486 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #4,252 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #2,969 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2010 | #3,029 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2009 | #3,147 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 2008 | #2,817 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #3,076 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2006 | #3,155 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2005 | #2,802 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #2,571 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,688 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2002 | #2,341 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2001 | #2,828 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #2,961 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1999 | #4,797 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #4,715 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #4,441 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #3,990 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #5,112 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #3,836 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #4,167 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #3,533 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #5,278 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #3,753 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #4,179 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #4,388 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #6,526 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #4,836 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #6,224 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #4,837 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #4,991 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #5,059 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #7,048 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #5,688 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #7,604 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #9,026 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #5,341 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #9,941 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #9,705 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #8,123 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #8,986 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #6,861 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #6,639 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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