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How popular is the name Cara?
Births per year, rank history and how many Caras are alive today.
Cara (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Keira in England and Wales, ranked 468th in 2025 with 85 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 324 babies were given the name, the 140th most popular that year. It has declined since 2001; the 2025 figure is roughly 26% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 6,400 babies have been named Cara in England and Wales since 1996. Cara is also a common short form of Caroline, so many people called Cara are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Keira you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Keiras born in England and Wales are between 14 and 24, and there are at least 28,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 8.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Keira.
How many babies are named Cara each year?
Includes all spellings: Cara, Kara, Keira. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Cara spelling rank?
Where does the Kara spelling rank?
Where does the Keira spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cara most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Keira, peaked in 2006, when 2,008 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Cara spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 324 babies.
How many people are called Cara?
At least 28,000 people named Cara in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cara?
Most living Caras are between 14 and 24; the most common age is about 20.
Is Cara becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.