Given name
Karrah
“one who is pure”·“dearly loved”·“a good friend”
Karrah 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
Karrah 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
Karrah 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karrah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 833
- 0 boys · 833 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −89%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 747 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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