Cara
91
Babies in 2024
-59%
10-year change
2001
Peak · 324
+1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Cara
Cara peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (324 babies in 2001) and has remained in active use — 91 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Cara reached its peak in 2001, when 324 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #140 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 91 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 6,375 girls have been officially registered with the name Cara in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,685 girls were registered with the name, starting from 222 in 2014 and ending at 91 in 2024.