Given name & surname
Carrera
Carrera is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carrera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 243
- 0 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,166 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,166 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 as a first name in 2020; 16,224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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