Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dara*

#1,282 most common girls' name of all time · #2,244 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1893–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,282
Rank overall
#2,244 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
14,547
Since 2016
1,887
Peak year
1981 #470
Best rank
#470 1981
Girls Boys peak 466/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dara first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 207 48 255 #1,131
2024 244 32 276 #1,035
2023 107 29 136 #1,866
2022 148 38 186 #1,482
2021 132 34 166 #1,588
2020 166 29 195 #1,329
2019 227 16 243 #1,094
2018 206 20 226 #1,171
2017 110 12 122 #1,854
2016 71 11 82 #2,520
2015 65 9 74 #2,716
2014 74 6 80 #2,447
2013 67 7 74 #2,629
2012 74 6 80 #2,478
2011 52 7 59 #3,175
2010 77 9 86 #2,431
2009 92 6 98 #2,167
2008 83 6 89 #2,335
2007 81 9 90 #2,349
2006 81 11 92 #2,330
2005 97 9 106 #1,972
2004 109 8 117 #1,759
2003 115 20 135 #1,668
2002 112 7 119 #1,643
2001 155 15 170 #1,269
2000 153 21 174 #1,270
1999 143 14 157 #1,284
1998 162 16 178 #1,162
1997 145 13 158 #1,232
1996 152 17 169 #1,187
1995 163 17 180 #1,092
1994 171 28 199 #1,062
1993 198 23 221 #954
1992 220 21 241 #895
1991 235 21 256 #853
1990 219 19 238 #885
1989 240 15 255 #794
1988 240 24 264 #784
1987 239 25 264 #752
1986 228 24 252 #759
1985 222 39 261 #767
1984 277 10 287 #636
1983 254 15 269 #676
1982 321 11 332 #572
1981 453 13 466 #470
1980 431 9 440 #486
1979 264 264 #660
1978 285 6 291 #597
1977 267 6 273 #628
1976 254 254 #618
1975 221 221 #678
1974 254 6 260 #614
1973 271 271 #582
1972 248 248 #626
1971 307 5 312 #573
1970 279 8 287 #616
1969 310 310 #562
1968 233 233 #632
1967 187 187 #714
1966 194 194 #704
1965 149 149 #815
1964 158 6 164 #833
1963 176 176 #783
1962 151 5 156 #860
1961 150 8 158 #873
1960 132 132 #930
1959 166 166 #793
1958 130 130 #898
1957 118 118 #949
1956 132 132 #869
1955 61 6 67 #1,296
1954 85 85 #1,068
1953 76 76 #1,114
1952 77 77 #1,077
1951 69 69 #1,128
1950 57 57 #1,227
1949 51 51 #1,282
1948 24 24 #1,977
1947 53 53 #1,249
1946 30 30 #1,632
1945 18 18 #2,018
1944 7 7 #3,770
1943 8 8 #3,557
1942 9 9 #3,274
1941 5 5 #4,538
1940 7 7 #3,598
1939 11 11 #2,642
1937 7 7 #3,510
1936 5 5 #4,292
1933 10 10 #2,745
1932 5 5 #4,548
1930 8 8 #3,429
1928 9 9 #3,241
1927 7 7 #3,965
1926 7 7 #3,971
1925 8 8 #3,756
1924 7 7 #4,083
1923 14 14 #2,519
1922 9 9 #3,443
1921 16 16 #2,321
1920 8 8 #3,667
1919 7 7 #3,905
1918 5 5 #4,922
1917 8 8 #3,433
1916 7 7 #3,642
1915 6 6 #3,885
1914 6 6 #3,305
1913 5 5 #3,330
1911 5 5 #2,627
1910 5 5 #2,542
1909 5 5 #2,352
1905 6 6 #1,835
1893 5 5 #1,606