Over the past 110 years, 6 boys and 48 012 girls have been named Cara. The name Cara ranks 11334th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Cara in 1989. The peak of popularity of the name Cara came in the 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.