How Many People Are Named Carah?
An estimated 850 people in the United States have the first name Carah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Carah peaked in popularity in 2000 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
850
About 1 in 403,240 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2000
39 births
Total Registered
876
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carah
Carah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 876 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carah as a female name
Ranked #15,571 in 2020
5 female births in 2020
Peak: 2000 (39 births)
Carah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carah span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 261 babies were registered. Carah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carah by Decade
How has Carah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carah by State
Carah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carah
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carah?
We estimate approximately 850 people named Carah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 403,240 Americans share this first name.
Is Carah a common name?
Carah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 876 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carah most popular?
Carah reached peak popularity in 2000, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carah is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carah a female name?
Carah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carah Smith, Carah Johnson, Carah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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