Karah Girl
How popular is Karah?
Peaked in 2000
No babies were recorded with the name Karah in 2025. It was most used in 2000, when 131 girls got the name.
3,223living people named Karah (est.)
27median age of people named Karah
3,274babies named Karah since 1880
Karah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 0 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-100% babies vs 2015) |
| Peak year | 2000 (131 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,410 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
Karah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kara family of names ranked #676 for girls in 2025 (#615 the year before), with 399 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Karah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 174 | #1,922 |
| 1980s | 562 | #1,613 |
| 1990s | 928 | #1,417 |
| 2000s | 1,043 | #1,410 |
| 2010s | 501 | #2,313 |
| 2020s | 66 | #5,663 |
Questions
- Is Karah a boy or girl name?
- Karah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karah were girls.
- How popular is the name Karah?
- No babies were recorded with the name Karah in 2025. It was most used in 2000, when 131 girls got the name.
- When was Karah most popular?
- Karah peaked in 2000, when 131 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,410 in 2000.
- How many people are named Karah?
- 3,274 babies have been named Karah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,223 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.