Cara is an established girls' name that peaked in 1985 and has since faded.
Cara is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,326 for girl births in the United States (and #2,485 across all names), given to 168 babies. Cara was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1985 (1,465 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | 168 | #1,326 | — |
| 2024 | 178 | 178 | #1,297 | — |
| 2023 | 182 | 182 | #1,264 | — |
| 2022 | 208 | 208 | #1,163 | — |
| 2021 | 248 | 248 | #1,025 | — |
| 2020 | 289 | 289 | #908 | — |
| 2019 | 252 | 252 | #1,021 | — |
| 2018 | 310 | 310 | #874 | — |
| 2017 | 318 | 318 | #861 | — |
| 2016 | 352 | 352 | #808 | — |
| 2015 | 389 | 389 | #730 | — |
| 2014 | 421 | 421 | #676 | — |
| 2013 | 451 | 451 | #620 | — |
| 2012 | 404 | 404 | #698 | — |
| 2011 | 473 | 473 | #609 | — |
| 2010 | 460 | 460 | #643 | — |
| 2009 | 663 | 663 | #468 | — |
| 2008 | 681 | 681 | #464 | — |
| 2007 | 579 | 579 | #539 | — |
| 2006 | 531 | 531 | #554 | — |
| 2005 | 522 | 522 | #550 | — |
| 2004 | 570 | 570 | #508 | — |
| 2003 | 568 | 568 | #503 | — |
| 2002 | 584 | 584 | #481 | — |
| 2001 | 604 | 604 | #459 | — |
| 2000 | 732 | 732 | #393 | — |
| 1999 | 728 | 728 | #386 | — |
| 1998 | 807 | 807 | #359 | — |
| 1997 | 819 | — | #343 | — |
| 1996 | 862 | — | #324 | — |
| 1995 | 900 | — | #309 | — |
| 1994 | 1,026 | — | #273 | — |
| 1993 | 1,106 | — | #251 | — |
| 1992 | 1,130 | — | #248 | #8,599 |
| 1991 | 1,259 | — | #228 | — |
| 1990 | 1,212 | — | #234 | — |
| 1989 | 1,284 | — | #211 | #5,221 |
| 1988 | 1,273 | — | #207 | #7,439 |
| 1987 | 1,240 | — | #213 | #5,038 |
| 1986 | 1,338 | — | #194 | — |
| 1985 | 1,472 | — | #184 | #5,218 |
| 1984 | 1,440 | — | #191 | — |
| 1983 | 1,394 | — | #191 | — |
| 1982 | 1,334 | — | #204 | #5,730 |
| 1981 | 1,266 | — | #209 | #6,404 |
| 1980 | 1,276 | — | #203 | — |
| 1979 | 1,254 | — | #211 | #4,912 |
| 1978 | 1,346 | — | #191 | — |
| 1977 | 1,416 | — | #189 | #5,964 |
| 1976 | 1,108 | — | #219 | #5,719 |
| 1975 | 1,192 | — | #207 | — |
| 1974 | 1,074 | — | #235 | — |
| 1973 | 847 | — | #286 | — |
| 1972 | 722 | — | #324 | — |
| 1971 | 755 | — | #337 | — |
| 1970 | 716 | — | #351 | — |
| 1969 | 636 | — | #367 | — |
| 1968 | 508 | — | #414 | — |
| 1967 | 604 | — | #366 | — |
| 1966 | 677 | — | #347 | — |
| 1965 | 987 | — | #274 | — |
| 1964 | 663 | — | #366 | — |
| 1963 | 682 | — | #368 | — |
| 1962 | 448 | — | #455 | — |
| 1961 | 340 | — | #531 | — |
| 1960 | 234 | — | #663 | — |
| 1959 | 200 | — | #706 | — |
| 1958 | 134 | — | #878 | — |
| 1957 | 165 | — | #782 | — |
| 1956 | 172 | — | #737 | — |
| 1955 | 154 | — | #773 | — |
| 1954 | 124 | — | #847 | — |
| 1953 | 101 | — | #940 | — |
| 1952 | 87 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1951 | 84 | — | #1,015 | — |
| 1950 | 70 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1949 | 72 | — | #1,058 | — |
| 1948 | 51 | — | #1,287 | — |
| 1947 | 53 | — | #1,240 | — |
| 1946 | 47 | — | #1,257 | — |
| 1945 | 46 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1944 | 41 | — | #1,238 | — |
| 1943 | 54 | — | #1,089 | — |
| 1942 | 48 | — | #1,140 | — |
| 1941 | 44 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1940 | 36 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,477 | — |
| 1938 | 38 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1937 | 45 | — | #1,064 | — |
| 1936 | 39 | — | #1,137 | — |
| 1935 | 27 | — | #1,422 | — |
| 1934 | 37 | — | #1,170 | — |
| 1933 | 22 | — | #1,613 | — |
| 1932 | 28 | — | #1,424 | — |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1930 | 28 | — | #1,465 | — |
| 1929 | 30 | — | #1,394 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,910 | — |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,684 | — |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1925 | 27 | — | #1,614 | — |
| 1924 | 30 | — | #1,536 | — |
| 1923 | 33 | — | #1,394 | — |
| 1922 | 34 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,932 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #2,085 | — |
| 1919 | 19 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1918 | 33 | — | #1,336 | — |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,610 | — |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,411 | — |
| 1915 | 30 | — | #1,289 | — |
| 1914 | 19 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1913 | 21 | — | #1,234 | — |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,360 | — |
| 1911 | 12 | — | #1,382 | — |
| 1910 | 19 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1909 | 12 | — | #1,228 | — |
| 1908 | 12 | — | #1,216 | — |
| 1907 | 16 | — | #951 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | — | #1,163 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,560 | — |
| 1904 | 11 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #1,220 | — |
| 1902 | 11 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,361 | — |
| 1900 | 17 | — | #923 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #991 | — |
| 1898 | 16 | — | #845 | — |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #991 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,223 | — |
| 1895 | 12 | — | #937 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #848 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,113 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | — | #905 | — |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #739 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1885 | 12 | — | #631 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #799 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #835 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #928 | — |