Kara is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “wild.” In 2024 it was given to 261 girls in the United States.
Kara belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “wild” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Italian.
In the United States, Kara first appears in Social Security records in 1896. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #95 in 1984, and in 2024 261 babies received the name — 101,514 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kara means “wild” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kara is a girl name. In 2024, 261 babies received the name in the US.
Kara comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Italian.
Kara first appears in US records in 1896. Its best-ever ranking was #95 in 1984, and 261 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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