Dara Girl
How popular is Dara?
#1,129 girl name in 2025
207 baby girls were named Dara in the US in 2025, making it the 1129th most popular girl name. Another 48 boys got the name (#2,676 for boys).
Dara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,129 for girls (▼ 95 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 207 girls, 48 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+218% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,712 in 2015, #1,327 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (453 girls) |
| Highest rank | #469 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 14% boys, 86% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dara family of names ranked #911 for girls in 2025 (#859 the year before), with 239 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dara | 207 | 87% |
| Darah | 32 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dara is most popular
Babies named Dara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Dara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,695 |
| 1910s | 54 | #2,398 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,282 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,590 |
| 1940s | 212 | #1,237 |
| 1950s | 971 | #791 |
| 1960s | 1,840 | #562 |
| 1970s | 2,650 | #572 |
| 1980s | 2,905 | #469 |
| 1990s | 1,808 | #848 |
| 2000s | 1,078 | #1,265 |
| 2010s | 1,023 | #1,094 |
| 2020s | 1,004 | #1,034 |
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Questions
- Is Dara a boy or girl name?
- Dara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 86% of babies named Dara were girls.
- How popular is the name Dara?
- 207 baby girls were named Dara in the US in 2025, making it the 1129th most popular girl name. Another 48 boys got the name (#2,676 for boys).
- When was Dara most popular?
- Dara peaked in 1981, when 453 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #469 in 1981.
- How many people are named Dara?
- 14,547 babies have been named Dara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,633 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Dara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dara was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.