Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Kara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92% from peak

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

3,280

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1896Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

92%

2024

261

All-time

101,514

Kara once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 3,280 girls were named Kara.

In 2024, only 261 girls were given the name.

Down 92% from its peak.

All told, about 101,514 Americans have been named Kara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92% from peak

19913,280 girls named Kara

2024261 girls named Kara

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