Girls' name · since 1977
Carrah
Carrah has 155 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
155 girls have been named Carrah since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrah has been recorded 155 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2017.
- #22,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrah ranks #22,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carrah's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carrah's full recorded timeline at 2001, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2017
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Carrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Carrah's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Carrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (36% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1977–2017 (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 Carrah 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.