Ainara
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Ainara is a girls' name, meaning “swallow (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 898th for girls in the US (295 babies).
What does Ainara mean?
Basque
“swallow (the bird)”
From the Basque word ainara, also spelled enara, meaning 'swallow'.
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Is Ainara a girl's or a boy's name?
Ainara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 295 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ainara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ainara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ainara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Ainara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #898among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 295about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 346% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 295 girls in the US were named Ainara, making it the 898th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 309 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Ainara in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 301 girls in the US were given Ainara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #840, up from #898 for this spelling alone.
- Ainara 295
- Ainnara 6
Ainara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 295 | #898 |
| 2024 | 271 | #961 |
| 2023 | 309 | #866 |
| 2022 | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Ainara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra Abeeha Amira Safa Liyana Ayla Aiza Hafsa Khadija Amara Amayra Alaya