Girls' name · since 1988
Niara
Niara has 1,196 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,814 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,196
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niara currently ranks #3814 among girls' names in America, with 1,196 babies recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niara has been recorded 1,196 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #3814 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,630 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,814 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,196 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niara ranks #6,630 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,814 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,196 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,814 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,196
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niara's 1,196 recorded births place it above 90.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Niara compares
1,196 Top 29% higher than 71% of 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
Niara's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Niara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Niara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Niara's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 50, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Niara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Niara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (376 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Niara's strongest decade.
376 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Niara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
253 births
- 2000s
2000s
376 births
- 2010s
2010s
306 births
- 2020s
2020s
244 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 376 births (31% of all-time use).
How Niara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Niara's total volume
Niara by state
Where Niara concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 87 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 71 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 24 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
87 of 1,196 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Niara appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Niara's data
- Niara's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (376 total births) through the 2020s (244) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Niaras (87 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Niara 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.