Karena is an uncommon variant of Karen that peaked in 1974 and has since faded.
Karena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7,307 for girl births in the United States (and #12,615 across all names), given to 15 babies. Karena first appears in 1946 and peaked in 1974 (114 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | #7,307 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #8,694 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,783 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #12,878 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | #9,917 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #6,771 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #6,074 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,382 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | #5,742 |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 | #5,213 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #6,136 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #7,864 |
| 2013 | 25 | 25 | #5,399 |
| 2012 | 26 | 26 | #5,323 |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | #5,291 |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | #5,030 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | #3,835 |
| 2008 | 33 | 33 | #4,589 |
| 2007 | 36 | 36 | #4,254 |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | #3,823 |
| 2005 | 40 | 40 | #3,680 |
| 2004 | 58 | 58 | #2,791 |
| 2003 | 50 | 50 | #3,023 |
| 2002 | 49 | 49 | #2,996 |
| 2001 | 79 | 79 | #2,108 |
| 2000 | 82 | 82 | #2,029 |
| 1999 | 58 | 58 | #2,485 |
| 1998 | 79 | 79 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 74 | — | #1,953 |
| 1996 | 86 | — | #1,741 |
| 1995 | 72 | — | #1,931 |
| 1994 | 89 | — | #1,680 |
| 1993 | 95 | — | #1,604 |
| 1992 | 81 | — | #1,792 |
| 1991 | 66 | — | #2,065 |
| 1990 | 68 | — | #2,001 |
| 1989 | 78 | — | #1,743 |
| 1988 | 67 | — | #1,849 |
| 1987 | 69 | — | #1,740 |
| 1986 | 67 | — | #1,744 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | #1,820 |
| 1984 | 49 | — | #2,066 |
| 1983 | 61 | — | #1,757 |
| 1982 | 60 | — | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 68 | — | #1,685 |
| 1980 | 70 | — | #1,649 |
| 1979 | 78 | — | #1,508 |
| 1978 | 86 | — | #1,369 |
| 1977 | 96 | — | #1,252 |
| 1976 | 92 | — | #1,228 |
| 1975 | 98 | — | #1,182 |
| 1974 | 114 | — | #1,043 |
| 1973 | 100 | — | #1,123 |
| 1972 | 97 | — | #1,137 |
| 1971 | 100 | — | #1,163 |
| 1970 | 101 | — | #1,149 |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #1,309 |
| 1968 | 49 | — | #1,660 |
| 1967 | 34 | — | #2,022 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,780 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #3,778 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,128 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | #3,225 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #3,249 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,456 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,696 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,726 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,218 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,349 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,795 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,671 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,048 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,696 |