The first name Kare
A boy’s name.
Pronounced /kɛɚ/ 1 syllable Male
Meaning and origin
A male given name from India.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Kare at birth, 1880–2025
In 2021, 5 girls born in the United States were named Kare, the 16,427th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1962, when 9 were.
109
babies named Kare since 1880
#16,427
rank in 2021
1962
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Kare in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
करे
Hindi
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Kareng
Famous people named Kare
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Kåre Willoch30th Prime Minister of Norway, 1928–2021
- Kåre BremerBotanist, born 1948
- Kåre BluitgenDanish writer and journalist, born 1959
- Kare AdeneganBritish para athletics competitor, born 2000
- Kaare WahlbergFormer Norwegian ski jumper, Olympic medalist (1912–1988)
Questions
- Is Kare a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 109 US babies named Kare since 1880 were girls.
- When was Kare most popular?
- 1962 in the United States, when 9 babies were named Kare, its highest rank at 4,694th.
- How do you pronounce Kare?
- Kare is /kɛɚ/, one syllable.
- What are other spellings of Kare?
- Kareng.