Recorded 1893–2025 · United States
Dara was most popular in 1981, when 466 American babies were given the name — ranking #827 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,888, with 255 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 14,547 people named Dara.
Dara first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 113 of the 133 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 14,547 American births named Dara between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 13,614 are estimated to be alive today.
255 American babies were named Dara in 2025, ranking #1,888 that year.
Dara is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 204 births a year, against 73 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +178% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dara is mostly a girl’s name — 94.1% of the 14,547 Americans given it were girls and 5.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 86% girls and 14% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 13,614 Americans named Dara are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 42 years old, and half are between 26 and 54.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org