Nara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Nara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Nara mean?
Found in several languages, including Japanese and Korean
Nara was an ancient capital of Japan, and in Korean nara means country, but the name has no single source.
Is Nara a girl's or a boy's name?
Nara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Nara, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th.
2025 had the most girls named Nara of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were given Nara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
- Nara 34
- Narah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Nara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Nara, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Nara in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Nara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
Nara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,491 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Nara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Raya Ayra Hafsa Ayla Amira Khadija Hiba Yusra Isra Zainab Ayah
Other spellings of Nara
Names related to Nara
Naira Nariah Nayra Niara Nairah Nihara Nare Niyara Nari Nariya
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, “Nara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nara, updated 20 October 2026.