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Kara

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What official birth registration shows about Kara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #186 to #1079.200020052010201520202025#186#1079
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#255
1997#230
1998#257
1999#275
2000#247
2001#248
2002#283
2003#276
2004#299
2005#380
2006#324
2007#256
2008#221
2009#197
2010#235
2011#186
2012#254
2013#350
2014#356
2015#461
2016#347
2017#317
2018#431
2019#409
2020#514
2021#588
2022#910
2023#813
2024#885
2025#1079

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 53 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2025: #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1079 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1970

    First recorded at #396 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1997–2023

    Highest recorded position: #93 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2023).

    Northern Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1079 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #93 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Kara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#107931HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#88541HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#81344HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#91038HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#58866HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#51478HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#409103HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#431101HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#317152HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#347138HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#46194HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#356127HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#350130HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#254194HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#186275HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#235209HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#197260HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#221230HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#256196HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#324136HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#380105HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#299137HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#276149HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#283134HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#248160HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#247161HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#275134HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#257151HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#230175HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#255148HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandfemale#3913HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandfemale#4463HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandfemale#3973HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#3364HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#2089HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#17412HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#19011HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandfemale#2099HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#19110HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandfemale#19910HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandfemale#13914HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#10623HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandfemale#10822HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#9924HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandfemale#14815HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#16912HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#9322HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#15912HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandfemale#2127HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandfemale#1739HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandfemale#2097HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#1769HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandfemale#16310HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandfemale#2595HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandfemale#2296HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#3144HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#4139HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#37210HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#26215HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#23718HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#29914HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#33612HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#17130HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#18827HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#17829HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#21722HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#16535HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#24221HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#18531HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#25020HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#16835HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#19132HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#20129HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#25121HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#26717HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#30313HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#32011HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#4147HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#3628HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#26713HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#3697HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#23914HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#2799HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#3946HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#3936HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#4514HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandfemale#3099HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandfemale#3856HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#4564HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#3936HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#5033HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandfemale#3866HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#4584HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#4215HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#3438HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#4016HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#31211HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#3866HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#4016HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#4674HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#3886HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#3916HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandfemale#3606HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#3218HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#21023HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#4494HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#3895HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#4663HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandfemale#3964HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#4766HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Kara is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Kara, between 1970 and 2025, in 54 of those 56 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2015England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2011Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: highest position in 2006ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419702025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Republic of Ireland1970–202553#165 in 2015
England and Wales1996–202530#186 in 2011
Northern Ireland1997–202326#93 in 2006
Scotland20241#476 in 2024

Its high point came 18 years earlier in Northern Ireland (2006) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Kara

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1970–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #93 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.