Karra
Karra is both a given name and a surname. It is also considered to be a variant of Cara. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Karra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karra is both a given name and a surname. It is also considered to be a variant of Cara. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Karra
The earliest SSA record of Karra as a baby girl name dates back to 1956, when 5 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Karra — #2,769 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Karra on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Karra last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Karra
Karra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Karra's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,769. Use the chart and map above to compare Karra's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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