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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 213 babies (rank #160 that year). In 2024 it was given to 38 girls (rank #785). 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.

3,551
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
213
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
1991213#160
1992181#183
1993172#186
1994122#230
1995122#250
1996127#234
199798#290
1998115#253
199997#285
2000108#260
200185#327
200273#368
2003104#283
200487#342
200592#319
2006101#306
2007106#305
2008140#236
2009160#197
2010129#246
2011109#299
2012100#314
2013105#309
2014101#325
2015105#315
2016105#317
2017112#287
201880#398
201970#456
202070#427
202156#517
202231#853
202337#749
202438#785