Caira — #6230 US girls' name
882 babies named Caira in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Caira was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Caira in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caira
The Social Security Administration has registered 882 babies named Caira between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caira currently holds the #6230 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Caira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Caira in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 882 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2005)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #6230 among girls.
882 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 40 births in a single year.
Caira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 304 births that decade — 34% of Caira's all-time total
Caira decade highlights
- Peak decade 304 births
- Runner-up 248 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caira's strongest decade
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Caira by state
Where Caira concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
17 of 882 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.