Cara
#1,326 for girls in 2025, 168 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 1,465 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,305since 1882
Cara over time
Rank among girls' names. Cara has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,326 | 168 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,296 | 178 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,264 | 182 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,163 | 208 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,024 | 248 | — | |
| 2020 | #907 | 289 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,020 | 252 | — | |
| 2018 | #874 | 310 | — | |
| 2017 | #860 | 318 | — | |
| 2016 | #808 | 352 | — | |
| 2015 | #728 | 389 | — | |
| 2014 | #675 | 421 | — | |
| 2013 | #620 | 451 | — | |
| 2012 | #695 | 404 | — | |
| 2011 | #609 | 473 | — | |
| 2010 | #642 | 460 | — | |
| 2009 | #468 | 663 | — | |
| 2008 | #464 | 681 | — | |
| 2007 | #539 | 579 | — | |
| 2006 | #554 | 531 | — | |
| 2005 | #550 | 522 | — | |
| 2004 | #508 | 570 | — | |
| 2003 | #503 | 568 | — | |
| 2002 | #481 | 584 | — | |
| 2001 | #458 | 604 | — | |
| 2000 | #393 | 732 | — | |
| 1999 | #386 | 728 | — | |
| 1998 | #359 | 807 | — | |
| 1997 | #343 | 819 | — | |
| 1996 | #324 | 862 | — | |
| 1995 | #308 | 900 | — | |
| 1994 | #273 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1993 | #251 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1992 | #248 | 1,125 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #228 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1990 | #234 | 1,212 | — | |
| 1989 | #211 | 1,275 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #207 | 1,268 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #213 | 1,232 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #194 | 1,338 | — | |
| 1985 | #184 | 1,465 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #191 | 1,440 | — | |
| 1983 | #191 | 1,394 | — | |
| 1982 | #204 | 1,328 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #209 | 1,261 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #203 | 1,276 | — | |
| 1979 | #211 | 1,247 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #191 | 1,346 | — | |
| 1977 | #189 | 1,411 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #219 | 1,103 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #207 | 1,192 | — | |
| 1974 | #235 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1973 | #286 | 847 | — | |
| 1972 | #324 | 722 | — | |
| 1971 | #337 | 755 | — | |
| 1970 | #351 | 716 | — | |
| 1969 | #367 | 636 | — | |
| 1968 | #414 | 508 | — | |
| 1967 | #365 | 604 | — | |
| 1966 | #347 | 677 | — | |
| 1965 | #274 | 987 | — | |
| 1964 | #366 | 663 | — | |
| 1963 | #368 | 682 | — | |
| 1962 | #455 | 448 | — | |
| 1961 | #531 | 340 | — | |
| 1960 | #663 | 234 | — | |
| 1959 | #706 | 200 | — | |
| 1958 | #878 | 134 | — | |
| 1957 | #782 | 165 | — | |
| 1956 | #736 | 172 | — | |
| 1955 | #773 | 154 | — | |
| 1954 | #847 | 124 | — | |
| 1953 | #940 | 101 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,008 | 87 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,014 | 84 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,099 | 70 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,056 | 72 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,063 | 45 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,135 | 39 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Cara! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cara
- 30 spots since 2024 (#1,296 → #1,326)
- 419 spots since 2020 (#907 → #1,326)
- 598 spots since 2015 (#728 → #1,326)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1887 (#993 → #733)
- Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1901 (#917 → #1,339)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1985 at #184 (1,465 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1953–2018
- Highest: 1 in 1,087 girls born in 1977 were named Cara (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,567 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #184 in 1985, was only 1 in 1,175 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.9% of all girls named Cara (13,277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #629 (1885) | #849 |
| 1890s | 91 | #839 (1891) | #1,022 |
| 1900s | 113 | #917 (1900) | #1,169 |
| 1910s | 219 | #997 (1910) | #1,398 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,166 (1926) | #1,603 |
| 1930s | 305 | #1,063 (1937) | #1,403 |
| 1940s | 492 | #1,056 (1949) | #1,179 |
| 1950s | 1,291 | #706 (1959) | #878 |
| 1960s | 5,779 | #274 (1965) | #415 |
| 1970s | 10,413 | #189 (1977) | #255 |
| 1980s | 13,277 | #184 (1985) | #201 |
| 1990s | 9,844 | #228 (1991) | #295 |
| 2000s | 6,034 | #393 (2000) | #492 |
| 2010s | 3,830 | #609 (2011) | #753 |
| 2020s | 1,273 | #907 (2020) | #1,163 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cara in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,323 of them was named Cara, which outranked 98.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 358,235 of them was named Cara, which outranked 14.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,027 names at #6,262; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.