Girls' name · since 2002
Iara
219 babies named Iara in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,876 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,562 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
219 babies have been named Iara since 2002, making it today's #12562 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Iara recorded 219 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #12562 nationally today, ahead of 27% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #18,876 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,562 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 219 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iara ranks #18,876 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,562 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 219 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,876 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,562 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Iara's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iara compares
219 39th 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
Iara's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iara splits its recorded history at 2013: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Iara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Iara's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Iara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Iara's data
- Iara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Iara
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Iara
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Iara 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.