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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |