NameTides

Kara

Kara was the #1,071 girls' name in the US in 2025 (226 babies), and #1,079 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Kara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kara 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kara 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#1,071 (226)#1,079 (31)#539 (5)—#413 (9)#834 (34)
2024#990 (261)#885 (41)#476 (6)—#372 (10)#794 (37)
2023#936 (283)#813 (44)#395 (8)#391 (3)#262 (15)#789 (35)
2022#869 (319)#910 (38)——#237 (18)#859 (31)
2021#764 (373)#588 (66)#558 (5)#446 (3)#299 (14)#521 (56)
2020#669 (427)#514 (78)#293 (12)#397 (3)#336 (12)#397 (79)
2019#576 (530)#409 (103)#376 (9)#336 (4)#171 (30)#466 (70)
2018#500 (621)#431 (101)#234 (17)#208 (9)#188 (27)#405 (80)
2017#515 (610)#317 (152)#169 (28)#174 (12)#178 (29)#294 (112)
2016#499 (626)#347 (138)#166 (30)#190 (11)#217 (22)#316 (106)
2015#507 (624)#461 (94)#173 (26)#209 (9)#165 (35)#320 (105)
2014#439 (731)#356 (127)#121 (40)#191 (10)#242 (21)#326 (101)
2013#374 (834)#350 (130)#123 (38)#199 (10)#185 (31)#312 (105)
2012#363 (860)#254 (194)#88 (56)#139 (14)#250 (20)#324 (98)
2011#339 (938)#186 (275)#77 (69)#106 (23)#168 (35)#299 (110)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #106.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 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 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kara is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kara 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: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Kara (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#74216

Kara (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
KaraCanadaGirls#83434
KaraEngland & WalesGirls#1,07931
KaraIrelandGirls#4139
KaraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaraScotlandGirls#5395
KaraUSGirls#1,071226
KaraUSBoys—too few