Diarra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dee-AR-a
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Diarra is a girls' name, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Diarra mean?
Bambara clan name from Mali
“lion”
A Bambara clan name; the Diarra dynasty ruled the Ségou Empire in Mali from the 1760s.
Is Diarra a girl's or a boy's name?
Diarra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diarra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Diarra, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1994, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Diarra in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Diarra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Diarra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Brianna, Kiara, Cassidy, Teagan, Briana, Devyn, Kianna, Brynn, Kiana, Fiona, Kennedy
Names related to Diarra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Diarra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/diarra, updated 20 October 2026.