Recorded 1990–2025 Girls' name Peak 2006 207 births

Antara — girls' name

207 babies named Antara in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s262000s982010s622020s21

The verdict

207 girls have been named Antara since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.

207
total births
1990–2025
years on record
2000s
peak decade
47%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Antara was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

16 babies were named Antara in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Antara

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Antara between 1990 and 2025, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Antara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Antara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Antara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Antara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Antara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 207 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Antara at a glance

Last recorded 2025

Total births

207

Since 1990

36 years of records

Peak year

2006

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2025

Active since

1990

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2025

Antara popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1990

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2006)
16
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
05101520 20252017201320092005200119961990 6

Antara by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
98 births that decade — 47% of Antara's all-time total
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Antara by state

Where Antara concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Antara
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.4%
California share of Antara's total US births 2.4%

5 of 207 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Antara?
207 babies have been named Antara since 1990. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2006 with 16 births.
When was Antara most popular?
Antara was most popular in the 2000s decade with 98 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Antara most popular?
The top states for the name Antara are California (5 births).
How long has the name Antara been used?
Antara has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 36 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Antara?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Antoinette, Antonia, Antonella, Antionette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.