Kara

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Kara is both a given name and a surname with various, unrelated origins in various cultures. As an English name, it is usually considered a modern spelling variant of the Italian endearment cara, meaning beloved, or the Irish word cara, meaning friend.

From Wikipedia

Kara first appears in the data in 1985 and has been recorded in 6 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 62 babies (rank #102 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kara

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kara yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

126
Total babies (all years)
6
Years in the data
62
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
198543#108
198962#102
20145#330
20158#212
20165#317
20173#476