Kera
Kera was the 11430th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1100th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,677 places. More babies were named Kera in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Kara) variant of Cara ('dear') · Italian, Latin, Irish
- Rank in 2025
- #11,430 girls, down 3,233 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982128 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,458babies recorded
What does the name Kera mean?
Kera is a spelling of Kara, pronounced the same way, so it shares Kara's meaning and origin.
Kara is listed by Wiktionary as a variant of Cara. Cara is the Italian and Latin word for 'dear, beloved' (feminine of caro), and is also the Irish word cara 'friend'. Kara is separately a Turkish word meaning 'black' and occurs in Turkic names, and it appears in other languages too. In the US it became common in the 1970s and 1980s.
cara (Italian / Latin, “dear, beloved”)cara (Irish, “friend”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Cara, Karah, Carina.
See also: Latin names, names that mean love.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kara', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cara', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Kera popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,430 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,197 | 13 |
| 2010 | #3,064 | 55 |
| 2000 | #2,115 | 77 |
| 1990 | #1,761 | 83 |
| 1980 | #2,030 | 52 |
| 1970 | #3,363 | 19 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kera, counting every spelling?
Kera is a spelling of Kara, a name family that ranked #702 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #11,430 for Kera on its own. Together these spellings went to 407 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | 226 | #1,075 | 1,462 |
| Cara | 168 | #1,326 | 984 |
| Kera | 8 | #11,430 | 47 |
| Karah | — | — | 45 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kera?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kera (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kera born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kera.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kera?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Kera are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 22 and 42. That makes Kera mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kera: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kera, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kera
What does Kera mean?
Kera is a spelling of Kara, which means “variant of Cara ('dear')” (Italian, Latin, Irish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Kera?
Kera was the 11430th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1100th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,677 places. More babies were named Kera in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kera a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kera in the US.