Girls' name · since 1998
Inara
Inara has 2,579 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,579
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Inara currently ranks #1051 among girls' names in America, with 2,579 babies recorded since 1998.
Inara has 2,579 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1051 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #3,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,051 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,579 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inara ranks #3,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,051 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,579 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,579
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Inara's 2,579 recorded births place it above 94.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Inara compares
2,579 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Inara's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Inara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,579 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 237 | 21 | 19,840 |
Inara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Inara splits its recorded history at 2012: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 237 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Inara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 237
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Inara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,159 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Inara's strongest decade.
1,159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Inara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 383
2000s
383 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,159 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,018 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,159 births (45% of all-time use).
How Inara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Inara's total volume
Inara by state
Where Inara concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 328 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 216 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 146 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 139 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 89 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 79 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 54 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 51 | 2.0% |
328 of 2,579 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Inara appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Inara's data
- Inara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,159 total births) through the 2020s (1,018) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Inaras (328 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Inara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Inara 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.