Kaoru is a very rare variant of Kara that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Kaoru is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1999. Kaoru was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1921 (17 births).
Boys named Kaoru per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1914–1999 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1999) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Girls named Kaoru
Girls named Kaoru per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1914–1999 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1999) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here