Kara — #987 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kara

The Social Security Administration has registered 101,514 babies named Kara between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kara currently holds the #987 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 3,280 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27,507 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,274 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kara in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kara 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 101,514 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.