Nara
Nara was the 2476th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1909, when it ranked 2447th; the most babies were born in 2024 (72). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,163 places. More babies were named Nara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,476 girls, up 1,507 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202472 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,069babies recorded
Nara popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 17 since 1985.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,476 | 72 |
| 2020 | #3,983 | 36 |
| 2010 | #7,787 | 16 |
| 2000 | #10,476 | 9 |
| 1990 | #11,006 | 7 |
| 1980 | #9,938 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,301 | 10 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nara, counting every spelling?
Nara is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,661 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,476 for Nara on its own. Together these spellings went to 109 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nara | 72 | #2,476 | 278 |
| Naara | 14 | #7,774 | 46 |
| Naarah | 16 | #7,040 | 38 |
| Narah | 7 | #12,796 | 36 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nara?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nara (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nara?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Nara are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 24. That makes Nara a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nara by state
How common Nara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.5×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nara
How popular is the name Nara?
Nara was the 2476th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1909, when it ranked 2447th; the most babies were born in 2024 (72). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,163 places. More babies were named Nara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nara in the US.
Where is Nara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nara was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and North Carolina.