Anara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NAH-rah
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Anara is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “pomegranate”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Anara mean?
Persian: Central Asian name from Persian anar
“pomegranate”
Used in Kazakh and Kyrgyz families, from the Persian word anar, pomegranate.
Is Anara a girl's or a boy's name?
Anara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Anara, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Anara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Anara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Anara, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Anara of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Anara in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Anara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Amara Arya Anvika Ayra Liyana Amira Amaya Aisha Prisha Arisha Inaya
Names related to Anara
Inara Inaara Anayra Anora Anaira Anhar Ainara Enara Anari Ainhara Aynara
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anara, updated 20 October 2026.