Cara
Rank in 2025
#1326
recorded as girls
Down 30 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
168
girls 168
Peak year
1977
1,411 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
53,367
since 1882
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Cara was most popular in 1977, when 1,411 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.92 per 1,000). In 2025, 168 babies were named Cara, ranking #1326 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | 1326 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 178 | 1296 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 182 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 208 | 1163 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 248 | 1024 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 289 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 252 | 1020 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 310 | 874 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 318 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 352 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 389 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 421 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 451 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 404 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 473 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 460 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 663 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 681 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 579 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 531 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 522 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 570 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 568 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 584 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 604 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 732 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 728 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 807 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 819 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 862 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 900 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 1,026 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 1,106 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,125 | 248 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 1,259 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,212 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 1,275 | 211 | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | 1,268 | 207 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 1,232 | 213 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 1,338 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 1,465 | 184 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 1,440 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 1,394 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 1,328 | 204 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 1,261 | 209 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 1,276 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 1,247 | 211 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 1,346 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 1,411 | 189 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 1,103 | 219 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 1,192 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,074 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 847 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 722 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 755 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 716 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 636 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 508 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 604 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 677 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 987 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 663 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 682 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 448 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 340 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 234 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 200 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 134 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 165 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 172 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 154 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 124 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 101 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 87 | 1008 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 84 | 1014 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 70 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 72 | 1056 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 51 | 1285 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 53 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 47 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 46 | 1155 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 41 | 1236 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 54 | 1087 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 48 | 1137 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 44 | 1117 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 36 | 1218 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | 1474 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 38 | 1182 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 45 | 1063 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 39 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 27 | 1418 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 37 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 22 | 1606 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 28 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 15 | 2105 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 28 | 1460 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 30 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 43 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 27 | 1609 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 30 | 1533 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 33 | 1388 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 34 | 1366 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 21 | 1927 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | 2079 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 19 | 1921 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 33 | 1333 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 23 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 27 | 1408 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 30 | 1285 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 19 | 1480 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 21 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 16 | 1352 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 12 | 1372 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 19 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 12 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 12 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 16 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | 1538 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 11 | 1092 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 9 | 1204 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 11 | 1075 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 7 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 17 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | 983 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 16 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 11 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 12 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 11 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 10 | 733 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 12 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | 908 | <5 | — |
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Where Cara is most popular
- Massachusetts2.0×
- New Jersey2.0×
- New York1.7×
- Pennsylvania1.7×
- Ohio1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years