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Kara

Rank in 2024
#987
Born in 2024
261
Peak year
1991 · #106
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 261 girls were named Kara, about 1 in every 6,181.
  • It peaked in 1991 with 3,280 babies, ranked #106.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1896.
  • 101,514 girls have been named Kara since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kara per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 1.0
    Gen X
  5. 1.5
    Millennials
  6. 0.7
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 190 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,306 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 26,794 babies, 1.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 43,269 babies, 1.53 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,707 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,236 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Variant of Cara. ==== Proper noun ==== Kara A female given name.

  • A female given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Kara, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Cora

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    #102
    Born '24
    2,570
    Origin
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    #238
    Born '24
    1,310
    Origin
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    1880peak 19992024
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    Kira

    Rank
    #456
    Born '24
    684
    Origin
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    Kora

    Rank
    #492
    Born '24
    621
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
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    Rank
    #609
    Born '24
    492
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 20062024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Kyra

    Rank
    #722
    Born '24
    389
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20052024