Kare

Girls' name

From Hindi ^करे; literal meaning unconfirmed

Kare has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1953. 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 1962, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Kare, 2021

1 in 678,000

Kare 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kare: meaning, origin, and history

From Hindi ^करे; literal meaning unconfirmed

Danish

What Kare means

Kare is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kare is used in English, Finnish and Greenlandic. Its origins include Danish.

Kare comes through Hindi ^करे.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Kare is pronounced /ˈkɑre(ˣ)/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 109 girls were recorded with the name Kare between 1953 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1962; its best national rank was #4,693 in 1962.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kare?

Kare had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kare 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 2021 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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kare. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kares were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kare was born before 1963 — so the typical Kare is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 41.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 9.2%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 109; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 41.3% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Kare 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 1962 (9)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,693; 1962

Spellings of Kare

Kare is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 46.9% against Kare's <0.01%.

Mary46.9%4,141,481
Karen11.2%987,989
Marie6.1%540,077
Sara4.9%436,193
Jane4.3%379,876
Katie2.7%241,285
Tara2.0%175,812
Mae1.3%114,835

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.

Kare around the world

Where Kare ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Norway
1880–2025
#347
in 2025
South Australia
1977–1977
#455
in 1977

Popularity data from Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kare 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: #4,693; 1962
Peak year: 1962; 9 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 109
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kare

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

Kariya Karn Kariel Sare Nare Karmah Karle Karne Karys Karaya Karai Karmani Karim Karelys Kardi Karil Karsten Karem Karess Kartier Karelyn Karcyn Karliah Karysa

Sibling names for Kare

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

Donita Carmel Tena Jeanetta Patrica Tana Treva Jonna

For a brother

Tod Greggory Mitch Berry Chet Toney Cornell Lenny

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