Caress

Girl · recorded 1978–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1986best year

Most popular in 1986.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Caress.

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Its story

Popularity since 1978

0204019781984198919952000

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 14 recorded years as a table
Caress, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19783
19813
198640
198721
198811
198910
19906
19913
19936
19943
19954
19973
19983
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Caress isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#15,031
How rare
1 in 363,207 girls
Since 1978
209

Caress was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1986, at 40 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Caress doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.