Names / Girl names
Dara
Current rank
#1,129
and rising
All-time peak
#469
in 1981
First recorded
1893
in U.S. data
Children named
14,500
since 1893
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #469 in 1981 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Dara enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1893, where it reads as a girls' name. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. It crested in 1981 at #469. Over 14,500 have carried it since records began.