Kar — girls' name
6 babies named Kar in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kar was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kar in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kar
The Social Security Administration has registered 6 babies named Kar between 1992 and 1992, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kar performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kar 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 6 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.
Kar at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 6 births in a single year.
Kar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 100% of Kar's all-time total
Kar decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kar's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Kar by state
Where Kar concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 83.3% |
5 of 6 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 83.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 83.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1992–1992 (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.