Carah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carah

The Social Security Administration has registered 876 babies named Carah between 1969 and 2020, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carah 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 876 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.