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How popular is the name Nara?

Births per year, rank history and how many Naras are alive today.

Nara (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 997th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Nara is one spelling of a name also recorded as Naarah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Nara you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Naras born in England and Wales are between 3 and 12, and there are at least 290 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nara - on average, only one in every 1,087 such rooms contains a Nara.

How many babies are named Nara each year?

Includes all spellings: Nara, Naarah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0102030200020201996: 32003: 32004: 32006: 32008: 32009: 52010: 72012: 42013: 52014: 32015: 102016: 92017: 112018: 202019: 242020: 282021: 202022: 192023: 122024: 292025: 37actual

Where does the Nara spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,7952003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 4,5982006: ranked 5,0612008: ranked 5,5452009: ranked 3,9362010: ranked 3,1562012: ranked 4,8382013: ranked 4,0502014: ranked 5,6912015: ranked 2,4962016: ranked 2,7572017: ranked 3,2292018: ranked 1,5262019: ranked 1,4392020: ranked 1,3972021: ranked 1,5052022: ranked 1,8492023: ranked 2,2012024: ranked 1,3022025: ranked 997

Where does the Naarah spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202017: ranked 4,7632019: ranked 5,5912020: ranked 3,4472022: ranked 4,6462024: ranked 4,8442025: ranked 5,927

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Nara per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 37 in 2025
Nara: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Nara most popular?

Nara peaked in 2025, when 37 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Nara?

At least 290 people named Nara in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Nara?

Most living Naras are between 3 and 12; the most common age is about 2.

Is Nara becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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