girls:
13.2k births since 1893
#1349 (76th percentile)
boys:
775 births since 1955
#3812 (17th percentile)
overall:
14k births since 1893
#2215 (71st percentile)
The name Dara is the #2,215 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,015 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 71.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,349 (76.4% percentile) for all time with 13,240 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #3,812 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 775 births since 1955.
Dara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1955 for boys). Birth data for Dara is available in 111 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023 (111 years for girls and 53 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.7% of babies named Dara were girls.
For girls, Dara reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 46.4% percentile (ranked #417) with 253 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 253 births per million (ranked 46.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dara ranks #845 for girls (10.8% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 24.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dara reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #661) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dara ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 78.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dara".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.0% confident that Dara is pronounced as DAH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-ruh, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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