How rare is the name Dara?

13,148 people in the United States have the first name Dara, about 1 in 22,972. It ranks #2,065 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARA

#2,065

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,148
About
1 in 22,972
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,148 people named Dara, 65.7% reported their origin as White, 10.9% as Black and 9.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 91.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dara peaked in 1981, when 466 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
466
In 2025*
255 ▼45%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,547 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dara by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,102. The largest share of babies named Dara, 28.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,16711
1910s#5,64054
1920s#5,85285
1930s#6,78446
1940s#3,279212
1950s#1,699977
1960s#1,2931,859
1970s#1,1022,681
1980s#1,1163,090
1990s#1,7051,997
2000s#2,9491,190
2010s#3,2821,126
2020s#2,2261,214
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–6413.2%
Generation X 1965–8028.8%
Millennials 1981–9628.6%
Generation Z 1997–1213.1%
2013 and later14.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dara is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dara has been most common in New Jersey (2.6×), New York (2×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in South Carolina (0.24×).

9,852 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dara

#2,063 Isabela · 13,178#2,064 Nash · 13,169#2,066 Kaelyn · 13,147#2,067 Jimena · 13,143

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dara, most common first.

#2,204 Daria · 11,948#6,587 Darya · 2,418#10,391 Dayra · 1,289#11,131 Daira · 1,169#13,184 Darah · 922#14,516 Dar · 812#15,099 Dari · 768#16,550 Dary · 679

Also a last name

As a last name, Dara ranks #33,184 of 156,621, with 740 people. See Dara as a last name

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