# Dara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dara/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Daragh, Darragh |
| US babies named this | 14,547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 855 / 13,692 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 891, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 3,182 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2,480 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,637 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2,448 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2,721 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,523 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1,854 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,171 |
| 2019 | 227 | 1,094 |
| 2020 | 166 | 1,329 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,587 |
| 2022 | 148 | 1,480 |
| 2023 | 107 | 1,868 |
| 2024 | 244 | 1,034 |
| 2025 | 207 | 1,129 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 9,857 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,103 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,884 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,034 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,188 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,254 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,772 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,783 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,624 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,666 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,376 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,170 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,815 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,536 |
| 2025 | 48 | 2,686 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 42 | 779 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## People named Dara

- Dara Torres, American swimmer
- Dara Howell, Canadian freestyle skier
- Dara Birnbaum, American video and installation artist (1946-2025)
- Dara Horn, American novelist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.