How Many People Are Named Karah?
An estimated 3,177 people in the United States have the first name Karah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Karah peaked in popularity in 2000 with 131 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karah 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 Karah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,177
About 1 in 107,886 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2000
131 births
Total Registered
3,274
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karah
Karah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,274 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karah as a female name
Ranked #10,638 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 2000 (131 births)
Karah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karah span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,043 babies were registered. Karah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karah by Decade
How has Karah 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.
Karah by State
Birth registrations for Karah span all 22 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Kansas. On average, about 57 Karahs were registered per state.
Karah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karah
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karah?
We estimate approximately 3,177 people named Karah 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 107,886 Americans share this first name.
Is Karah a common name?
Karah is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,274 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karah most popular?
Karah reached peak popularity in 2000, when 131 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karah is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karah a female name?
Karah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karah Smith, Karah Johnson, Karah 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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