Karena
Karena is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Karena Chapman, Australian chemist Karena Evans, Canadian music video director and actress Karena Johnson, British theatrical director and producer Karena Bacchus, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter Karena Lam, Taiwanese-Canadian, actress and singer Karena Ng, Hong Kong actress and model. Karena Richardson, British figure…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Karena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karena is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Karena Chapman, Australian chemist Karena Evans, Canadian music video director and actress Karena Johnson, British theatrical director and producer Karena Bacchus, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter Karena Lam, Taiwanese-Canadian, actress and singer Karena Ng, Hong Kong actress and model. Karena Richardson, British figure…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Karena
American parents first put Karena on the record books as a baby girl name in 1946, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1974, when 114 Karenas were born — ranking #1,042 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Karenas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #9,377 among baby girl names with 8 births, falling sharply (-51%). In total, more than 4K Karenas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Karena
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Names that sound like Karena
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About the name Karena
Karena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Karena's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #1,042. Use the chart and map above to compare Karena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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