Popularity in the United States
Numbers
| Kara (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #935 | 0.016 | |
| 2022 | #868 | 0.018 | |
| 2021 | #763 | 0.021 | |
| 2020 | #671 | 0.024 | |
| 2019 | #573 | 0.029 | |
| 2018 | #500 | 0.033 | |
| 2017 | #515 | 0.032 | |
| 2016 | #499 | 0.032 | |
| 2015 | #507 | 0.032 | |
| 2014 | #440 | 0.037 | |
| 2013 | #374 | 0.043 | |
| 2012 | #363 | 0.044 | |
| 2011 | #338 | 0.048 | |
| 2010 | #292 | 0.057 | |
| 2009 | #238 | 0.069 | |
| 2008 | #257 | 0.064 | |
| 2007 | #288 | 0.055 | |
| 2006 | #282 | 0.057 | |
| 2005 | #267 | 0.061 | |
| 2004 | #249 | 0.064 | |
| 2003 | #239 | 0.068 | |
| 2002 | #223 | 0.071 | |
| 2001 | #216 | 0.075 | |
| 2000 | #192 | 0.083 | |
| 1999 | #183 | 0.087 | |
| 1998 | #176 | 0.088 | |
| 1997 | #161 | 0.100 | |
| 1996 | #165 | 0.100 | |
| 1995 | #152 | 0.112 | |
| 1994 | #134 | 0.122 | |
| 1993 | #131 | 0.128 | |
| 1992 | #114 | 0.146 | |
| 1991 | #106 | 0.161 | |
| 1990 | #110 | 0.148 | |
| 1989 | #101 | 0.157 | |
| 1988 | #95 | 0.158 | |
| 1987 | #104 | 0.144 | |
| 1986 | #102 | 0.147 | |
| 1985 | #98 | 0.152 | |
| 1984 | #95 | 0.158 | |
| 1983 | #101 | 0.152 | |
| 1982 | #113 | 0.147 | |
| 1981 | #121 | 0.136 | |
| 1980 | #127 | 0.137 | |
| 1979 | #125 | 0.133 | |
| 1978 | #127 | 0.139 | |
| 1977 | #120 | 0.147 | |
| 1976 | #138 | 0.130 | |
| 1975 | #118 | 0.151 | |
| 1974 | #125 | 0.147 | |
| 1973 | #167 | 0.105 | |
| 1972 | #196 | 0.090 | |
| 1971 | #203 | 0.084 | |
| 1970 | #209 | 0.082 | |
| 1969 | #222 | 0.077 | |
| 1968 | #290 | 0.053 | |
| 1967 | #275 | 0.055 | |
| 1966 | #379 | 0.033 | |
| 1965 | #319 | 0.044 | |
| 1964 | #366 | 0.034 | |
| 1963 | #328 | 0.041 | |
| 1962 | #429 | 0.025 | |
| 1961 | #552 | 0.015 | |
| 1960 | #909 | 0.006 | |
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| 1958 | #933 | 0.006 | |
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| 1956 | #935 | 0.006 | |
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