Girls' name · since 1981
Carrera
243 babies named Carrera in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carrera currently ranks #12255 among girls' names in America, with 243 babies recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrera has been recorded 243 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #12255 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, 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 1981 to 2025.
- #17,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,255 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 243 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrera ranks #17,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,255 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 243 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carrera's 243 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Carrera compares
243 41st percentile among 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
Carrera's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carrera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 243 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carrera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carrera's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carrera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Carrera by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Carrera's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Carrera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Carrera's data
- Carrera's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Carrera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Carrera 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.