Girls' name · since 1990
Antara
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 207 babies named Antara, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 207
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Antara currently ranks #12339 among girls' names in America, with 207 babies recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antara has been recorded 207 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #12339 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #19,454 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,339 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 207 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antara ranks #19,454 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,339 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 207 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 207
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Antara's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Antara compares
207 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Antara's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Antara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 207 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Antara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Antara's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Antara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Antara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (98 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Antara's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Antara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 98 births (47% of all-time use).
Antara by state
Where Antara concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 207 births nationwide.
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What to do with Antara's data
- Antara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Antaras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Antara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Antara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.