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Name meaning & stats

Cara

Cara means “dear, beloved”. 52,295 US babies since 1940, peak 1985.

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What it means

“dear, beloved”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1985

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52,295 US babies were named Cara between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Cara (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 3 Karas spell it Cara

  • Kara 62%
  • Cara 32%
  • Karah 2%
  • Karra 1%
  • Carra 1%
  • Carah 1%
  • Karrah 1%
  • Khara <1%
  • Kariah <1%
  • Karia <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1985)