Naira — #2513 US girls' name
844 babies named Naira in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Naira was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Naira in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naira
The Social Security Administration has registered 844 babies named Naira between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naira currently holds the #2513 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 366 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Naira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Naira in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naira 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 844 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.
Naira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2019)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #2513 among girls.
844 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 75 births in a single year.
Naira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 366 births that decade — 43% of Naira's all-time total
Naira decade highlights
- Peak decade 366 births
- Runner-up 301 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naira's strongest decade
366 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Naira by state
Where Naira concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 98 | 11.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 66 | 7.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 37 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 32 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
98 of 844 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.6% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2024 (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.