Narada — boys' name

What the Data Says About Narada

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Narada between 1979 and 2007, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Narada currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Narada performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Narada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Narada in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Narada 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 201 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.