Kara
#375 most common girls' name of all time · #687 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among girls
#375
Rank overall
#687 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
102,025
Since 2016
4,276
Peak year
1991 #106
Best rank
#95 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 3,281/yr
Kara first appears in 1896. 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 | 226 | — | 226 | #1,073 |
| 2024 | 261 | — | 261 | #990 |
| 2023 | 283 | — | 283 | #938 |
| 2022 | 319 | — | 319 | #870 |
| 2021 | 373 | — | 373 | #764 |
| 2020 | 427 | — | 427 | #669 |
| 2019 | 530 | — | 530 | #576 |
| 2018 | 621 | — | 621 | #500 |
| 2017 | 610 | — | 610 | #516 |
| 2016 | 626 | — | 626 | #499 |
| 2015 | 624 | — | 624 | #507 |
| 2014 | 731 | — | 731 | #439 |
| 2013 | 834 | — | 834 | #374 |
| 2012 | 860 | — | 860 | #365 |
| 2011 | 938 | — | 938 | #339 |
| 2010 | 1,113 | — | 1,113 | #292 |
| 2009 | 1,391 | — | 1,391 | #238 |
| 2008 | 1,338 | — | 1,338 | #257 |
| 2007 | 1,171 | — | 1,171 | #288 |
| 2006 | 1,192 | — | 1,192 | #282 |
| 2005 | 1,230 | — | 1,230 | #267 |
| 2004 | 1,285 | 8 | 1,293 | #249 |
| 2003 | 1,356 | — | 1,356 | #240 |
| 2002 | 1,403 | — | 1,403 | #223 |
| 2001 | 1,476 | — | 1,476 | #216 |
| 2000 | 1,649 | — | 1,649 | #192 |
| 1999 | 1,688 | — | 1,688 | #183 |
| 1998 | 1,711 | — | 1,711 | #176 |
| 1997 | 1,907 | 5 | 1,912 | #161 |
| 1996 | 1,909 | — | 1,909 | #165 |
| 1995 | 2,148 | — | 2,148 | #152 |
| 1994 | 2,376 | 9 | 2,385 | #134 |
| 1993 | 2,527 | — | 2,527 | #131 |
| 1992 | 2,931 | 5 | 2,936 | #114 |
| 1991 | 3,281 | — | 3,281 | #106 |
| 1990 | 3,036 | 5 | 3,041 | #110 |
| 1989 | 3,121 | 15 | 3,136 | #101 |
| 1988 | 3,039 | 6 | 3,045 | #95 |
| 1987 | 2,699 | 13 | 2,712 | #104 |
| 1986 | 2,722 | 17 | 2,739 | #102 |
| 1985 | 2,811 | 13 | 2,824 | #98 |
| 1984 | 2,855 | 8 | 2,863 | #95 |
| 1983 | 2,714 | 17 | 2,731 | #101 |
| 1982 | 2,661 | 13 | 2,674 | #113 |
| 1981 | 2,439 | 8 | 2,447 | #121 |
| 1980 | 2,445 | 13 | 2,458 | #127 |
| 1979 | 2,300 | 12 | 2,312 | #125 |
| 1978 | 2,290 | — | 2,290 | #127 |
| 1977 | 2,415 | 11 | 2,426 | #120 |
| 1976 | 2,037 | 8 | 2,045 | #138 |
| 1975 | 2,358 | 14 | 2,372 | #118 |
| 1974 | 2,304 | 9 | 2,313 | #125 |
| 1973 | 1,630 | — | 1,630 | #167 |
| 1972 | 1,454 | 6 | 1,460 | #196 |
| 1971 | 1,469 | 5 | 1,474 | #204 |
| 1970 | 1,503 | 8 | 1,511 | #209 |
| 1969 | 1,354 | 7 | 1,361 | #223 |
| 1968 | 908 | 5 | 913 | #290 |
| 1967 | 949 | 6 | 955 | #275 |
| 1966 | 580 | — | 580 | #380 |
| 1965 | 798 | 6 | 804 | #319 |
| 1964 | 663 | — | 663 | #367 |
| 1963 | 817 | — | 817 | #331 |
| 1962 | 516 | 7 | 523 | #429 |
| 1961 | 319 | — | 319 | #555 |
| 1960 | 135 | — | 135 | #912 |
| 1959 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,003 |
| 1958 | 122 | — | 122 | #935 |
| 1957 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,094 |
| 1956 | 116 | — | 116 | #936 |
| 1955 | 83 | 5 | 88 | #1,099 |
| 1954 | 53 | 6 | 59 | #1,383 |
| 1953 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,326 |
| 1952 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,529 |
| 1951 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,486 |
| 1950 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,667 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,092 |
| 1948 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,875 |
| 1947 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,512 |
| 1946 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,831 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,955 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,938 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,188 |
| 1942 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,737 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,060 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,344 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,389 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,238 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,908 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,218 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,028 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,476 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,917 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,796 |