Chara
Girl · KAH-ra · Greek
Chara is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Chara mean?
Greek: Greek chara 'joy'; also used as a spelling of Cara
“joy”
Greek word and name meaning joy; it is also used as a spelling of Cara.
- Say it
- KAH-ra
Is Chara a girl's or a boy's name?
Chara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 4 girls.
Chara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Chara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Chara, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Chara in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 237 girls in the US were given Chara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #963, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Chara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Chara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Chara
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