Caria

Girls' name

Shortening of Macaria

Caria has been given to 221 babies in the U.S. since 1955. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Caria, 2022

1 in 564,000

Caria over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Caria: meaning, origin, and history

Shortening of Macaria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caria means

Caria is a shortening of Macaria.

Origin, language, and formation

Caria is used in Cebuano.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Macaria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 221 girls were recorded with the name Caria between 1955 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1961; its best national rank was #3,809 in 1955.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Caria?

Caria had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 564,000; 6 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 273,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 391,139 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Caria sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caria was born before 1969 — so the typical Caria is around 56 today.

Median birth year: 1969; About 56 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 36.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 11.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 221; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 36.7% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Caria rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (11)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,809; 1955

Spellings of Caria

Caria is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 13.6% against Caria's <0.01%.

Carol13.6%816,928
Maria9.4%566,111
Marie9.0%540,077
Sara7.3%436,193
Clara5.0%300,524
Carrie4.4%266,350
Tara2.9%175,812
Cora2.6%156,028

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Caria by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,809; 1955
Peak year: 1961; 11 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 221
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Caria

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Carmi Carah Ahria Carver Carrera Naria Cariana Carle Arria Caris Caragh Caree Cartier Zoria Caran Carrin Omaria Careen Caryle Aleria Caress Amyria Zuria Carsynn

Sibling names for Caria

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Mimi Juliann Danita Lorri Donita Jannette

For a brother

Mitch Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Ward Rod

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