Girls' name · since 1969
Carah
881 babies named Carah in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,281 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 881
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carah currently ranks #15281 among girls' names in America, with 881 babies recorded since 1969.
Carah has 881 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15281 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #8,184 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,281 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 881 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carah ranks #8,184 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,281 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 881 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,281 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 881
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carah's 881 recorded births place it above 88.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Carah compares
881 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carah's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 881 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carah's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Carah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (261 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Carah's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Carah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
147 births
- 1990s
1990s
252 births
- 2000s
2000s
261 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 261 births (30% of all-time use).
How Carah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carah's total volume
Carah by state
Where Carah concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 1.4% |
12 of 881 births nationwide.
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What to do with Carah's data
- Carah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (261 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Carahs (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.