Given name
Karah
“one who is pure”·“dearly loved”·“a good friend”
Karah is a variant of Kara. Interpretations include “one who is pure”, “dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karah is a variant of Kara. Interpretations include “one who is pure”, “dearly loved”, and “a good friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karah is a variant of Kara. Kara has been associated with Greek and Italian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,274
- 0 boys · 3,274 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 131 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 131 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,937 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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