Cara
#570 most common girls' name of all time · #1,061 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#570
Rank overall
#1,061 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
53,367
Since 2016
2,505
Peak year
1985 #184
Best rank
#184 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 1,472/yr
Cara first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,327 |
| 2024 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,296 |
| 2023 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,265 |
| 2022 | 208 | — | 208 | #1,163 |
| 2021 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,024 |
| 2020 | 289 | — | 289 | #908 |
| 2019 | 252 | — | 252 | #1,021 |
| 2018 | 310 | — | 310 | #874 |
| 2017 | 318 | — | 318 | #861 |
| 2016 | 352 | — | 352 | #809 |
| 2015 | 389 | — | 389 | #729 |
| 2014 | 421 | — | 421 | #676 |
| 2013 | 451 | — | 451 | #620 |
| 2012 | 404 | — | 404 | #696 |
| 2011 | 473 | — | 473 | #609 |
| 2010 | 460 | — | 460 | #642 |
| 2009 | 663 | — | 663 | #468 |
| 2008 | 681 | — | 681 | #465 |
| 2007 | 579 | — | 579 | #539 |
| 2006 | 531 | — | 531 | #554 |
| 2005 | 522 | — | 522 | #550 |
| 2004 | 570 | — | 570 | #508 |
| 2003 | 568 | — | 568 | #504 |
| 2002 | 584 | — | 584 | #481 |
| 2001 | 604 | — | 604 | #459 |
| 2000 | 732 | — | 732 | #393 |
| 1999 | 728 | — | 728 | #386 |
| 1998 | 807 | — | 807 | #359 |
| 1997 | 819 | — | 819 | #343 |
| 1996 | 862 | — | 862 | #325 |
| 1995 | 900 | — | 900 | #308 |
| 1994 | 1,026 | — | 1,026 | #273 |
| 1993 | 1,106 | — | 1,106 | #251 |
| 1992 | 1,125 | 5 | 1,130 | #248 |
| 1991 | 1,259 | — | 1,259 | #228 |
| 1990 | 1,212 | — | 1,212 | #234 |
| 1989 | 1,275 | 9 | 1,284 | #211 |
| 1988 | 1,268 | 5 | 1,273 | #208 |
| 1987 | 1,232 | 8 | 1,240 | #213 |
| 1986 | 1,338 | — | 1,338 | #194 |
| 1985 | 1,465 | 7 | 1,472 | #184 |
| 1984 | 1,440 | — | 1,440 | #191 |
| 1983 | 1,394 | — | 1,394 | #191 |
| 1982 | 1,328 | 6 | 1,334 | #205 |
| 1981 | 1,261 | 5 | 1,266 | #209 |
| 1980 | 1,276 | — | 1,276 | #203 |
| 1979 | 1,247 | 7 | 1,254 | #211 |
| 1978 | 1,346 | — | 1,346 | #191 |
| 1977 | 1,411 | 5 | 1,416 | #189 |
| 1976 | 1,103 | 5 | 1,108 | #219 |
| 1975 | 1,192 | — | 1,192 | #207 |
| 1974 | 1,074 | — | 1,074 | #235 |
| 1973 | 847 | — | 847 | #287 |
| 1972 | 722 | — | 722 | #325 |
| 1971 | 755 | — | 755 | #337 |
| 1970 | 716 | — | 716 | #351 |
| 1969 | 636 | — | 636 | #367 |
| 1968 | 508 | — | 508 | #414 |
| 1967 | 604 | — | 604 | #366 |
| 1966 | 677 | — | 677 | #347 |
| 1965 | 987 | — | 987 | #275 |
| 1964 | 663 | — | 663 | #366 |
| 1963 | 682 | — | 682 | #368 |
| 1962 | 448 | — | 448 | #455 |
| 1961 | 340 | — | 340 | #531 |
| 1960 | 234 | — | 234 | #663 |
| 1959 | 200 | — | 200 | #706 |
| 1958 | 134 | — | 134 | #878 |
| 1957 | 165 | — | 165 | #784 |
| 1956 | 172 | — | 172 | #739 |
| 1955 | 154 | — | 154 | #773 |
| 1954 | 124 | — | 124 | #849 |
| 1953 | 101 | — | 101 | #942 |
| 1952 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,009 |
| 1951 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,015 |
| 1950 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,101 |
| 1949 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,058 |
| 1948 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,289 |
| 1947 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,245 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,259 |
| 1945 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,157 |
| 1944 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,241 |
| 1943 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,092 |
| 1942 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,141 |
| 1941 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1940 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,229 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,486 |
| 1938 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,190 |
| 1937 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,066 |
| 1936 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1934 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,173 |
| 1933 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,621 |
| 1932 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,428 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1929 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,402 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,684 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,173 |
| 1925 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,618 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1923 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,401 |
| 1922 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,381 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,948 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,106 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,936 |
| 1918 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,340 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,619 |
| 1916 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,421 |
| 1915 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,298 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,501 |
| 1913 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,243 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,371 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,392 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,014 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,243 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,217 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | 16 | #972 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,182 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,581 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,130 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,253 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,101 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,377 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | 17 | #932 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,011 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | 16 | #871 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,018 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,249 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | 12 | #960 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,178 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,223 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | 11 | #871 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,149 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,074 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | 9 | #933 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | 10 | #775 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | 12 | #657 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | 8 | #835 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | 6 | #892 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #981 |