Naarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAA-rah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Naarah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “young girl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Naarah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“young girl”
In the Book of Chronicles Naarah is a wife of Ashhur, of the tribe of Judah.
Is Naarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naarah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Naarah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Naarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
How popular is Naarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 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, 16 girls in the US were named Naarah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Naarah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Naarah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Naarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Sumayyah Ruqayyah Rahma Farah Hadassah
Names related to Naarah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Naarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naarah, updated 20 October 2026.