Girls' name · since 1985
Narah
103 babies named Narah in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Narah is the #12292 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 103 recorded since 1985.
Narah has 103 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12292 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #26,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,292 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Narah ranks #26,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 103 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Narah's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Narah compares
103 25th 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
Narah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Narah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Narah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Narah splits its recorded history at 2019: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Narah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Narah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Narah's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Narah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Narah: 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 (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Narah 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.