Carrera

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Carrera by the numbers

Carrera was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Carrera

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carrera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carterone who transports goods by cart10,351 in the US (2017)
  • Carmelagarden or orchard; feminine form of Carmel114 in the US (2017)
  • Carlenaa form of Caroline; free woman or strong6 in the US (2017)
  • Carra8 in the US (2017)
  • Carena7 in the US (2017)
  • Catera

Names about as common as Carrera

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