Kaara — girls' name
13 babies named Kaara in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Kaara was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kaara in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaara
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Kaara between 1964 and 1980, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaara 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 13 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.
Kaara at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1964
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
13 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 8 births in a single year.
Kaara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Kaara's all-time total
Kaara decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kaara's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–1980 (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.