Jara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAR-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Jara come from?
Used in several languages: a Czech short form of Jaroslava, and Spanish for rockrose
Is Jara a girl's or a boy's name?
Jara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 girls.
Jara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Jara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Jara, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Jara in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Jara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Hana Maya Khadija Raya Ayla Safa Prisha Amira Jisha Isha Hiba
Names related to Jara
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, “Jara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jara, updated 20 October 2026.