Darra — girls' name
510 babies named Darra in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Darra was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Darra in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darra
The Social Security Administration has registered 510 babies named Darra between 1949 and 2018, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darra 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 510 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.
Darra at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1949
- Peak year (1980)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
510 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 20 births in a single year.
Darra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 114 births that decade — 22% of Darra's all-time total
Darra decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Darra's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1949–2018 (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.