Diarra — #9683 US unisex name
348 babies named Diarra in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Diarra was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Diarra in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Diarra
The Social Security Administration has registered 348 babies named Diarra between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diarra currently holds the #9683 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Diarra is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 78 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Diarra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Diarra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Diarra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Diarra 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 348 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.
Diarra at a glance
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Current rank
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Diarra popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1994)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #9683 among girls.
348 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 20 births in a single year.
Diarra popularity over time — boys
78 total births recorded since 1971 (Diarra as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Diarra accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Diarra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 134 births that decade — 39% of Diarra's all-time total
Diarra decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Diarra's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Diarra by state
Where Diarra concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 348 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2024 (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.