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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| 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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 12,431 of them was named Dara, which outranked 91.0% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,577Rihanna133
- #1,577Sahara133
- #1,577Wesley133
- #1,584Dara132
- #1,584Adina132
- #1,584Audrina132
- #1,584Avyanna132
- #1,600Addelyn131
- #1,600Aislynn131
- #1,600Anneliese131
Tied with 15 names at #1,584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 51,455 of them was named Dara, which outranked 76.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,297Zakhi35
- #3,297Zidane35
- #3,297Zylan35
- #3,362Dara34
- #3,362Adair34
- #3,362Aero34
- #3,362Agam34
- #3,427Akil33
- #3,427Alston33
- #3,427Atlee33
Tied with 64 names at #3,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.