Karah — #10432 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,274 babies named Karah between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karah currently holds the #10432 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 131 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,043 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Karah in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karah 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 3,274 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.