Dara
Rank in 2025
#1129
recorded as girls
#2676
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
255
girls 207 · boys 48
Peak year
1981
453 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
14,547
since 1893
Born a Dara? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dara was most popular in 1981, when 453 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.27 per 1,000). In 2025, 207 babies were named Dara, ranking #1129 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 207 | 1129 | 48 | 2676 |
| 2024 | 244 | 1034 | 32 | 3524 |
| 2023 | 107 | 1865 | 29 | 3802 |
| 2022 | 148 | 1478 | 38 | 3151 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1584 | 34 | 3362 |
| 2020 | 166 | 1327 | 29 | 3653 |
| 2019 | 227 | 1094 | 16 | 5555 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1170 | 20 | 4739 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1854 | 12 | 6685 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2517 | 11 | 7157 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2712 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2442 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2626 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2474 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 52 | 3173 | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | 77 | 2427 | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | 92 | 2165 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 83 | 2334 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 81 | 2348 | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | 81 | 2328 | 11 | 6904 |
| 2005 | 97 | 1969 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 109 | 1756 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 115 | 1668 | 20 | 4114 |
| 2002 | 112 | 1642 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 155 | 1266 | 15 | 4890 |
| 2000 | 153 | 1270 | 21 | 3764 |
| 1999 | 143 | 1283 | 14 | 4762 |
| 1998 | 162 | 1161 | 16 | 4197 |
| 1997 | 145 | 1232 | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | 152 | 1186 | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | 163 | 1090 | 17 | 3693 |
| 1994 | 171 | 1061 | 28 | 2618 |
| 1993 | 198 | 953 | 23 | 2943 |
| 1992 | 220 | 892 | 21 | 3105 |
| 1991 | 235 | 850 | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | 219 | 883 | 19 | 3166 |
| 1989 | 240 | 794 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 240 | 784 | 24 | 2437 |
| 1987 | 239 | 750 | 25 | 2272 |
| 1986 | 228 | 758 | 24 | 2290 |
| 1985 | 222 | 767 | 39 | 1614 |
| 1984 | 277 | 635 | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | 254 | 674 | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | 321 | 572 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | 453 | 469 | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | 431 | 486 | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | 264 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 285 | 597 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 267 | 628 | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | 254 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 221 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 254 | 612 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | 271 | 582 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 248 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 307 | 572 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 279 | 616 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | 310 | 562 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 233 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 187 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 194 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 149 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 158 | 833 | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | 176 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 151 | 859 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 150 | 869 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 132 | 926 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 166 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 130 | 898 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 118 | 946 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 132 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 61 | 1292 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 85 | 1064 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 76 | 1112 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 77 | 1076 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 69 | 1116 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 57 | 1224 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 51 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 24 | 1953 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 53 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 30 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 18 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 7 | 3687 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 8 | 3493 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 9 | 3194 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 4420 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | 3503 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 11 | 2592 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 4181 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | 3345 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 9 | 3164 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | 3873 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 8 | 3664 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 14 | 2465 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | 3379 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | 2282 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 8 | 3598 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 8 | 3344 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | 3795 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | 3187 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
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Where Dara is most popular
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- Maryland2.8×
- California2.0×
- New York1.8×
- Florida1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 94% · boys 6% across all years