How Many People Are Named Carrera?
An estimated 231 people in the United States have the first name Carrera. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Carrera peaked in popularity in 2006 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carrera 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 Carrera paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
231
About 1 in 1,483,785 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2006
15 births
Total Registered
236
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carrera
Carrera is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 236 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carrera as a female name
Ranked #13,767 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (15 births)
Carrera: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carrera span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 71 babies were registered. Carrera has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carrera by Decade
How has Carrera 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.
Carrera + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carrera as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carrera
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carrera: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carrera?
We estimate approximately 231 people named Carrera 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 1,483,785 Americans share this first name.
Is Carrera a common name?
Carrera is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 236 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carrera most popular?
Carrera reached peak popularity in 2006, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carrera is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carrera a female name?
Carrera is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carrera Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carrera Smith, Carrera Johnson, Carrera 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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