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The name Cara peaked for boys at #4912 in 1979. Cara is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Cara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "dear; friend; face".

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Cara is a simple, sweet, Italian endearment that enjoyed its greatest popularity from the 1970s through the 1990s, reaching a high of Number 189 in 1977. Despite the rising celebrity of English model/actress Cara Delevingne, who played Enchantress in Suicide Squad, Cara dropped off the Top 1000 in the US in 2020, perhaps because it sounds too close to the dreaded Karen. 
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Cara remains a highly popular choice in Ireland, perhaps used as an Anglicized form of the Irish Ciara or Ceara. the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited, the Cara character is French.
 Damon Wayans took the endearment aspect even further when he named his now-grown daughter Cara Mia.

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The name Cara is currently ranked #908 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #184 in 1985. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in CARA, CARA, and CARA. Cara is occasionally used for boys in 1992.

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