Diara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dee-AR-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Diara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Diara come from?
Uncertain; possibly a modern coinage or from the West African surname Diarra
Is Diara a girl's or a boy's name?
Diara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Diara, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Diara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
How popular is Diara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 148% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Diara, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Diara in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Diara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
Names like Diara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Sienna, Brianna, Keira, Eden, Maeva, Orla, Cassidy, Amara, Nevaeh, Kiana, Maeve
Names related to Diara
Daria, Dara, Diora, Darya, Dariya, Dhara, Darah, Dayra, Daira
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, “Diara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/diara, updated 20 October 2026.