Nara Girl
How popular is Nara?
#2,458 girl name in 2025
72 baby girls were named Nara in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
Nara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,458 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,595 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (72 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,208 in 1909 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nara family of names ranked #1,609 for girls in 2025 (#1,695 the year before), with 95 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nara | 72 | 76% |
| Narah | 7 | 7% |
| Narai | 16 | 17% |
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 Nara is most popular
Babies named Nara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Nara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,665 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1940s | 10 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1960s | 17 | #5,272 |
| 1970s | 72 | #5,060 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,570 |
| 1990s | 71 | #8,216 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,707 |
| 2010s | 318 | #3,478 |
| 2020s | 314 | #2,458 |
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Questions
- Is Nara a boy or girl name?
- Nara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nara were girls.
- How popular is the name Nara?
- 72 baby girls were named Nara in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
- When was Nara most popular?
- Nara peaked in 2024, when 72 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,208 in 1909.
- How many people are named Nara?
- 1,069 babies have been named Nara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,020 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Nara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nara was most common in California, at 0.1 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.