Nara — #2480 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nara

The Social Security Administration has registered 980 babies named Nara between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nara currently holds the #2480 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Nara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nara in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nara 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 980 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.