as a First Name
20th-century coinage, from the Italian term of endearment cara ‘beloved’ or the Irish Gaelic vocabulary word cara ‘friend’. This is not normally used as a given name in Italy, where such innovations are held in check by the hostility of the Roman Catholic Church to baptismal names that have not been borne by saints.
| 808th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 41,441
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 45,087
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Cara per capita
- 1977
- marked the height of its popularity
99.99%
0.01%
1%
55+
55+
43%
30-54
30-54
34%
13-29
13-29
22%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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