Kara Girl
How popular is Kara?
#1,071 girl name in 2025
226 baby girls were named Kara in the US in 2025, making it the 1071st most popular girl name.
Kara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,071 for girls (▼ 81 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 226 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #507 in 2015, #669 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (3,281 girls) |
| Highest rank | #95 in 1984 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kara family of names ranked #676 for girls in 2025 (#615 the year before), with 399 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kara | 226 | 57% |
| Cara | 168 | 42% |
| Carah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kara is most popular
Babies named Kara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1910s | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,101 |
| 1940s | 221 | #1,509 |
| 1950s | 743 | #932 |
| 1960s | 7,039 | #222 |
| 1970s | 19,760 | #118 |
| 1980s | 27,506 | #95 |
| 1990s | 23,514 | #106 |
| 2000s | 13,491 | #192 |
| 2010s | 7,487 | #292 |
| 2020s | 1,889 | #669 |
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Questions
- Is Kara a boy or girl name?
- Kara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kara were girls.
- How popular is the name Kara?
- 226 baby girls were named Kara in the US in 2025, making it the 1071st most popular girl name.
- When was Kara most popular?
- Kara peaked in 1991, when 3,281 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #95, held for 2 years starting in 1984.
- How many people are named Kara?
- 102,025 babies have been named Kara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 98,702 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Kara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kara was most common in Indiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.