Nara
- #2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births
- Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
- Given to girls 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,052since 1909
Nara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nara has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,458 | 72 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,491 | 72 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,915 | 36 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
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| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1909
The first year at least five girls were named Nara! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nara is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
- California#1,651 · 1 in 12,440
- New York#1,654 · 1 in 11,190
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #727 in Massachusetts, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 33 spots since 2024 (#2,491 → #2,458)
- 1,457 spots since 2020 (#3,915 → #2,458)
- 1,137 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #2,458)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1909 at #2,208 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,323
- Highest: 1 in 22,323 girls born in 2025 were named Nara (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,208 in 1909, was only 1 in 69,446 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 30.2% of all girls named Nara (318) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 6 | #3,795 (1915) | #3,795 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,666 (1921) | #4,497 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,218 |
| 1940s | 10 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,270 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,673 (1953) | #5,673 |
| 1960s | 17 | #5,273 (1966) | #6,587 |
| 1970s | 72 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,028 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,571 (1981) | #8,490 |
| 1990s | 71 | #8,223 (1999) | #10,001 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,709 (2009) | #7,834 |
| 2010s | 318 | #3,479 (2017) | #4,818 |
| 2020s | 314 | #2,458 (2025) | #3,227 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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