Girls' name · since 1954
Hara
124 babies named Hara in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hara currently ranks #12101 among girls' names in America, with 124 babies recorded since 1954.
Social Security Administration records show Hara recorded 124 times among girls since 1954, holding rank #12101 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #24,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,101 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1954
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hara ranks #24,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,101 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 124 born since 1954, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,101 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hara's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hara compares
124 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hara's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hara splits its recorded history at 2009: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Hara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Hara's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Hara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hara's data
- Hara's decade-level peak was the 2010s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1954–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Hara 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 August 2026.