Kara is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1991 and has since faded.
Kara is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,075 for girl births in the United States (and #2,045 across all names), given to 226 babies. Kara was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1991 (3,281 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | 226 | #1,075 | — |
| 2024 | 261 | 261 | #992 | — |
| 2023 | 283 | 283 | #939 | — |
| 2022 | 319 | 319 | #872 | — |
| 2021 | 373 | 373 | #765 | — |
| 2020 | 427 | 427 | #672 | — |
| 2019 | 530 | 530 | #577 | — |
| 2018 | 621 | 621 | #501 | — |
| 2017 | 610 | 610 | #516 | — |
| 2016 | 626 | 626 | #499 | — |
| 2015 | 624 | 624 | #507 | — |
| 2014 | 731 | 731 | #440 | — |
| 2013 | 834 | 834 | #374 | — |
| 2012 | 860 | 860 | #364 | — |
| 2011 | 938 | 938 | #339 | — |
| 2010 | 1,113 | 1,113 | #292 | — |
| 2009 | 1,391 | 1,391 | #238 | — |
| 2008 | 1,338 | 1,338 | #257 | — |
| 2007 | 1,171 | 1,171 | #289 | — |
| 2006 | 1,192 | 1,192 | #282 | — |
| 2005 | 1,230 | 1,230 | #267 | — |
| 2004 | 1,293 | 1,293 | #249 | #8,537 |
| 2003 | 1,356 | 1,356 | #239 | — |
| 2002 | 1,403 | 1,403 | #223 | — |
| 2001 | 1,476 | 1,476 | #216 | — |
| 2000 | 1,649 | 1,649 | #192 | — |
| 1999 | 1,688 | 1,688 | #183 | — |
| 1998 | 1,711 | 1,711 | #176 | — |
| 1997 | 1,912 | — | #161 | #10,031 |
| 1996 | 1,909 | — | #165 | — |
| 1995 | 2,148 | — | #152 | — |
| 1994 | 2,385 | — | #134 | #6,100 |
| 1993 | 2,527 | — | #131 | — |
| 1992 | 2,936 | — | #114 | #9,117 |
| 1991 | 3,281 | — | #106 | — |
| 1990 | 3,041 | — | #110 | #8,807 |
| 1989 | 3,136 | — | #101 | #3,726 |
| 1988 | 3,045 | — | #95 | #6,850 |
| 1987 | 2,712 | — | #104 | #3,630 |
| 1986 | 2,739 | — | #102 | #2,949 |
| 1985 | 2,824 | — | #98 | #3,512 |
| 1984 | 2,863 | — | #95 | #4,771 |
| 1983 | 2,731 | — | #101 | #2,737 |
| 1982 | 2,674 | — | #113 | #3,399 |
| 1981 | 2,447 | — | #121 | #4,742 |
| 1980 | 2,458 | — | #127 | #3,347 |
| 1979 | 2,312 | — | #125 | #3,455 |
| 1978 | 2,290 | — | #127 | — |
| 1977 | 2,426 | — | #120 | #3,487 |
| 1976 | 2,045 | — | #138 | #4,209 |
| 1975 | 2,372 | — | #118 | #2,832 |
| 1974 | 2,313 | — | #125 | #3,703 |
| 1973 | 1,630 | — | #167 | — |
| 1972 | 1,460 | — | #196 | #4,719 |
| 1971 | 1,474 | — | #204 | #5,287 |
| 1970 | 1,511 | — | #209 | #3,676 |
| 1969 | 1,361 | — | #222 | #3,766 |
| 1968 | 913 | — | #290 | #4,430 |
| 1967 | 955 | — | #275 | #3,768 |
| 1966 | 580 | — | #380 | — |
| 1965 | 804 | — | #319 | #3,720 |
| 1964 | 663 | — | #367 | — |
| 1963 | 817 | — | #329 | — |
| 1962 | 523 | — | #429 | #3,470 |
| 1961 | 319 | — | #555 | — |
| 1960 | 135 | — | #910 | — |
| 1959 | 111 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1958 | 122 | — | #935 | — |
| 1957 | 92 | — | #1,093 | — |
| 1956 | 116 | — | #937 | — |
| 1955 | 88 | — | #1,100 | #4,134 |
| 1954 | 59 | — | #1,388 | #3,632 |
| 1953 | 54 | — | #1,322 | — |
| 1952 | 40 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1951 | 40 | — | #1,493 | — |
| 1950 | 32 | — | #1,664 | — |
| 1949 | 22 | — | #2,098 | — |
| 1948 | 26 | — | #1,879 | — |
| 1947 | 39 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1946 | 25 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,959 | — |
| 1944 | 20 | — | #1,941 | — |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #2,193 | — |
| 1942 | 24 | — | #1,734 | — |
| 1941 | 17 | — | #2,054 | — |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,492 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,354 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #2,388 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,140 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,547 | — |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #3,308 | — |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #4,052 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,268 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,160 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,673 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,044 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,692 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | — | #3,628 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,713 | — |