Iara
Girl · ee-AH-ra
Iara is a girls' name, meaning “lady of the water”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Iara mean?
Tupi (Brazil), from y 'water' + iara 'lady'
“lady of the water”
In Brazilian folklore Iara is a beautiful river spirit who lures fishermen into the water.
- Say it
- ee-AH-ra
Is Iara a girl's or a boy's name?
Iara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Iara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Iara, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Iara than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Iara in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
Names like Iara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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