Girls' name · since 1964
Kaara
Kaara has 13 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #51,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kaara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaara has been recorded 13 times among girls since 1964, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1980.
- #51,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaara ranks #51,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #51,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kaara's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaara splits its recorded history at 1980: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Kaara by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Kaara's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kaara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1964–1980 (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 Kaara 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.