NameTides

Cara

Cara was the #1,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #468 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Cara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Cara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,326 (168)#468 (85)#211 (18)#25 (52)#52 (94)#1,177 (22)
2024#1,296 (178)#454 (91)#196 (19)#33 (50)#37 (118)#1,234 (20)
2023#1,264 (182)#444 (90)#130 (33)#28 (57)#27 (157)#1,108 (22)
2022#1,163 (208)#468 (90)#200 (21)#44 (47)#33 (152)#902 (29)
2021#1,024 (248)#373 (123)#126 (35)#36 (54)#33 (155)#898 (31)
2020#907 (289)#327 (140)#151 (27)#31 (57)#36 (135)#728 (39)
2019#1,020 (252)#305 (156)#96 (46)#26 (77)#31 (176)#787 (36)
2018#874 (310)#295 (160)#65 (69)#28 (73)#29 (184)#532 (58)
2017#860 (318)#256 (195)#94 (49)#21 (90)#34 (162)#559 (56)
2016#808 (352)#237 (218)#73 (71)#23 (91)#34 (181)#524 (61)
2015#728 (389)#248 (200)#72 (72)#20 (104)#36 (185)#595 (50)
2014#675 (421)#230 (222)#61 (85)#29 (87)#35 (165)#430 (76)
2013#620 (451)#239 (208)#64 (80)#22 (99)#40 (160)#505 (60)
2012#695 (404)#230 (220)#71 (75)#23 (106)#48 (148)#465 (66)
2011#609 (473)#218 (228)#54 (112)#23 (115)#50 (155)#552 (53)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #189.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 140very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 220common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cara is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,700 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Cara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Cara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaraCanadaGirls#1,17722
CaraEngland & WalesGirls#46885
CaraIrelandGirls#5294
CáraIrelandGirls—too few
CaraNorthern IrelandGirls#2552
CaraScotlandGirls#21118
CaraUSGirls#1,326168
CaraUSBoys—too few