Total births
211
US rank #7110 Girls' name Peak 2009 211 births
Iara — #7110 US girls' name
211 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.
#7110
of 17,661 girls in use
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
2010s
Peak decade
39% of everyone ever named Iara was born in this single decade.
2009
Single peak year
16 babies were named Iara in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iara
The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Iara between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iara currently holds the #7110 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iara 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 211 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.
Iara at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2009
Current rank
#7,110
Active since
2002
Iara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Iara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 83 births that decade — 39% of Iara's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Iara? ▼
211 babies have been named Iara since 2002. It currently ranks #7110 among girls. The peak year was 2009 with 16 births.
When was Iara most popular? ▼
Iara was most popular in the 2010s decade with 83 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Iara been used? ▼
Iara has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 23 years of data through 2024.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.