Carrera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-RAIR-uh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Carrera is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “race, course”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Carrera mean?
Spanish: Spanish word and surname
“race, course”
Is Carrera a girl's or a boy's name?
Carrera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carrera in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 girls.
Carrera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Carrera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Carrera, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more girls named Carrera than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Carrera in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carrera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Carrera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Keira Sienna Brianna Caoimhe Cassidy Maeva Orla Cliodhna Niamh Eden Kiana
Names related to Carrera
More Spanish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carrera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carrera, updated 20 October 2026.