Over the past 110 years, 16 boys and 97 911 girls have been named Kara. The name Kara ranks 9470th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Kara in 1989. The peak of popularity of the name Kara came in the 1980s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.