NameTides

Nara

Nara was the #2,458 girls' name in the US in 2025 (72 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Nara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Nara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,458 (72)#997 (34)—#1,768 (13)
2024#2,491 (72)#1,302 (25)—#1,541 (15)
2023#3,833 (39)#2,201 (12)—#1,491 (15)
2022#3,416 (46)#1,849 (15)#760 (3)#2,315 (8)
2021#3,250 (49)#1,505 (20)#792 (3)#3,280 (5)
2020#3,915 (36)#1,397 (22)—#1,662 (13)
2019#3,552 (43)#1,439 (21)#765 (3)—
2018#3,497 (44)#1,526 (20)#809 (3)#2,892 (6)
2017#3,479 (44)#3,229 (7)——
2016#4,734 (29)#2,757 (9)—#3,294 (5)
2015#3,595 (43)#2,496 (10)——
2014#4,657 (30)#5,691 (3)—#3,316 (5)
2013#5,834 (22)#4,050 (5)—#3,286 (5)
2012#6,110 (21)#4,838 (4)——
2011#5,207 (26)——#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,458.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1909.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nara is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NaraCanadaGirls#1,76813
NaraEngland & WalesGirls#99734
NaraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NaraScotlandGirls—too few
NaraUSGirls#2,45872
NaraUSBoys—too few