Recorded 1994–2017 Boys' name Peak 1994 17 births

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.

1990s72010s10
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.

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 2017

Total births

17

Since 1994

24 years of records

Peak year

1994

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1994

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2017

Bara popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1994

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1994)
7
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201720101994 7

Bara by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 59% of Bara's all-time total
1990s72010s10

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.

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.