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How popular is the name Dara?
Births per year, rank history and how many Daras are alive today.
Dara (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1007th in 2025 and given to 30 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 42 babies were given the name, the 779th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1025 in 2024 before climbing back to the 1007th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Dara you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Daras born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dara - on average, only one in every 505 such rooms contains a Dara.
How many babies are named Dara each year?
Where does Dara rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Dara most popular?
Dara peaked in 2023, when 42 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dara?
At least 600 people named Dara born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dara?
Most living Daras are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 3.
Is Dara becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.