Spellings
Kara or Cara?
In the US in 2025, 57% of babies in this name family were spelled Kara and 43% Cara. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Kara already led in 2015, with 62% of the family's births; it has 57% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,013 to 394 births (−61%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | 624 | 226 | −64% |
| Cara | 389 | 168 | −57% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkɑrə/ (KAHR-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Kara 20 births and Cara 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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