Vara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAR-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Vara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Vara come from?
Several possible sources, such as Sanskrit vara 'boon' or the Norse goddess Var
Is Vara a girl's or a boy's name?
Vara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Vara, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Vara in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Names like Vara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vera, Ada, Stella, Lola, Veda, Flora, Vida, Alma, Lena, Ella, Eva, Ila
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, “Vara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vara, updated 20 October 2026.