Girls' name · since 1979
Naarah
Naarah has 238 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naarah currently ranks #6945 among girls' names in America, with 238 babies recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naarah has been recorded 238 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #6945 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #18,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,945 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 238 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naarah ranks #18,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,945 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 238 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naarah's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naarah compares
238 40th 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
Naarah's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 238 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naarah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Naarah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Naarah's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Naarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Naarah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Naarah 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.