Kara
Rank in 2025
#1071
recorded as girls
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
226
girls 226
Peak year
1991
3,281 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
102,025
since 1896
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kara was most popular in 1991, when 3,281 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 226 babies were named Kara, ranking #1071 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 49%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 261 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 283 | 936 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 319 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 373 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 427 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 530 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 621 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 610 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 626 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 624 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 731 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 834 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 860 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 938 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,113 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,391 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,338 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,171 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,192 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,230 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,285 | 249 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 1,356 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,403 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,476 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,649 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,688 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,711 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,907 | 161 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 1,909 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,148 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,376 | 134 | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | 2,527 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 2,931 | 114 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 3,281 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 3,036 | 110 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 3,121 | 101 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 3,039 | 95 | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | 2,699 | 104 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 2,722 | 102 | 17 | 2891 |
| 1985 | 2,811 | 98 | 13 | 3401 |
| 1984 | 2,855 | 95 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 2,714 | 101 | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | 2,661 | 113 | 13 | 3282 |
| 1981 | 2,439 | 121 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 2,445 | 127 | 13 | 3256 |
| 1979 | 2,300 | 125 | 12 | 3357 |
| 1978 | 2,290 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 2,415 | 120 | 11 | 3386 |
| 1976 | 2,037 | 138 | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 2,358 | 118 | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | 2,304 | 125 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | 1,630 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 1,454 | 196 | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | 1,469 | 204 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 1,503 | 209 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | 1,354 | 222 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 908 | 290 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 949 | 275 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | 580 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 798 | 319 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 663 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 817 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 516 | 429 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 319 | 553 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 135 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 111 | 1001 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 122 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 92 | 1090 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 116 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 83 | 1099 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 53 | 1377 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 54 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 40 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 40 | 1481 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 32 | 1653 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 22 | 2069 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 26 | 1858 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 39 | 1510 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 25 | 1808 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | 1941 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 20 | 1916 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 17 | 2151 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 24 | 1706 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 17 | 2018 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | 2300 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | 3376 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 8 | 3156 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 6 | 3802 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | 3109 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | 3901 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 4331 | <5 | — |
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| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | <5 | — |
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| 1916 | <5 | — | 6 | 3516 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 6 | 3392 |
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| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
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Where Kara is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years