Dara
#1,129 for girls in 2025, 207 births · #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
Given to girls 94.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 453 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,692since 1893
Dara over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,129 | 207 | #2,676 | 48 |
| 2024 | #1,034 | 244 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #1,865 | 107 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #1,478 | 148 | #3,151 | 38 |
| 2021 | #1,584 | 132 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #1,327 | 166 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #1,094 | 227 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #1,170 | 206 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #1,854 | 110 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #2,712 | 65 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #2,442 | 74 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #2,626 | 67 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 74 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #2,427 | 77 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #2,165 | 92 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,334 | 83 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,348 | 81 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #2,328 | 81 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #1,756 | 109 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #1,668 | 115 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #1,642 | 112 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #1,266 | 155 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #1,270 | 153 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #1,283 | 143 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #1,161 | 162 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #1,232 | 145 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #1,186 | 152 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #1,090 | 163 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,061 | 171 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #953 | 198 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #892 | 220 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #850 | 235 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #883 | 219 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #794 | 240 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #784 | 240 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #750 | 239 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #758 | 228 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #767 | 222 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #635 | 277 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #674 | 254 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #572 | 321 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #469 | 453 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #486 | 431 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #660 | 264 | — | |
| 1978 | #597 | 285 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #628 | 267 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #616 | 254 | — | |
| 1975 | #678 | 221 | — | |
| 1974 | #612 | 254 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #582 | 271 | — | |
| 1972 | #626 | 248 | — | |
| 1971 | #572 | 307 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #616 | 279 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #562 | 310 | — | |
| 1968 | #632 | 233 | — | |
| 1967 | #713 | 187 | — | |
| 1966 | #703 | 194 | — | |
| 1965 | #815 | 149 | — | |
| 1964 | #833 | 158 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #780 | 176 | — | |
| 1962 | #859 | 151 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #869 | 150 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #926 | 132 | — | |
| 1959 | #791 | 166 | — | |
| 1958 | #898 | 130 | — | |
| 1957 | #946 | 118 | — | |
| 1956 | #869 | 132 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,292 | 61 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,112 | 76 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,076 | 77 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,278 | 51 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dara! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dara
- 95 spots since 2024 (#1,034 → #1,129)
- 198 spots since 2020 (#1,327 → #1,129)
- 1,583 spots since 2015 (#2,712 → #1,129)
- Biggest jump: 423 spots in 1956 (#1,292 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 1960 (#791 → #926)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1981 at #469 (453 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1956–1993
- Highest: 1 in 3,682 girls born in 1981 were named Dara (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,765 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.2% of all girls named Dara (2,905) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,437 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,696 (1905) | #1,952 |
| 1910s | 54 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,395 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,282 (1921) | #3,367 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,592 (1939) | #3,442 |
| 1940s | 212 | #1,238 (1947) | #2,638 |
| 1950s | 971 | #791 (1959) | #1,039 |
| 1960s | 1,840 | #562 (1969) | #769 |
| 1970s | 2,650 | #572 (1971) | #619 |
| 1980s | 2,905 | #469 (1981) | #669 |
| 1990s | 1,808 | #850 (1991) | #1,059 |
| 2000s | 1,078 | #1,266 (2001) | #1,875 |
| 2010s | 1,023 | #1,094 (2019) | #2,249 |
| 2020s | 1,004 | #1,034 (2024) | #1,403 |
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.
Dara in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 23,472 of them was named Dara, which outranked 88.4% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,308Tallulah82
- #2,308Taniah82
- #2,308Tierney82
- #2,328Dara81
- #2,328Anayeli81
- #2,328Annabeth81
- #2,328Bernice81
- #2,353Aislyn80
- #2,353Akilah80
- #2,353Alizabeth80
Tied with 24 names at #2,328; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 186,843 of them was named Dara, which outranked 50.9% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,460Zakariyya12
- #6,460Zuhair12
- #6,460Zyier12
- #6,904Dara11
- #6,904Aadil11
- #6,904Abayomi11
- #6,904Abdalla11
- #7,427Abdoulie10
- #7,427Abdulraheem10
- #7,427Abir10
Tied with 522 names at #6,904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.