Total births
17
Boys' name · since 1994
Bara
17 babies named Bara in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 1994–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
17 boys have been named Bara since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bara has 17 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2017.
- 17 total births
- 1994–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
17 boys have been named Bara since 1994, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 17
- total births
- 1994–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Bara was born in this single decade.
1994
Single peak year
7 babies were named Bara in 1994 - its busiest year on record.
Bara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bara's full recorded timeline at 2010, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bara at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
1994
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1994
Bara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2017
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Bara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Bara's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Bara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Bara? ▼
17 babies have been named Bara since 1994. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1994 with 7 births.
When was Bara most popular? ▼
Bara was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Bara been used? ▼
Bara has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 24 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Bara? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Barry, Barrett, Bart, Barney, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Bara
Nearby Names Like Bara
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Bara
Barry Boy
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Barrett Boy
#187 33,425 births
Bart Boy
16,356 births
Barney Boy
#9895 16,090 births
Barton Boy
#12365 9,371 births
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1994–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Bara: Baby Name Since 1994 - 17 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/bara. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Bara 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 June 2026.