Bara — boys' name
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.
59% of everyone ever named Bara was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Bara in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bara
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Bara between 1994 and 2017, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bara currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bara 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 17 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.
Bara at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
17 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Bara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Bara's all-time total
Bara decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bara's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1994–2017 (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.