Kara

Where Kara comes from

Variant of Cara.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kara
  • Vowel-ended
Kara through the years
  1. 1634
    Kara Mustafa Paşa born
    Ottoman military leader and grand vizier
  2. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1919
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1988
    Peak, #95
    3,039 babies named Kara, its best rank.
  5. 1989
    Kara Mbodji born
    Senegalese footballer
  6. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #216.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kara Mustafa Paşa · Ottoman military leader and grand vizier, 1634–1683
  • Kara Mbodji · Senegalese footballer, born 1989
  • Kara Ahmed Pasha · Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1450–1555
  • Kara Walker · American painter and installation artist, born 1969
  • Kara DioGuardi · American music producer, composer and pop singer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.