# Inara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/inara/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Inar |
| US babies named this | 2,579 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,579 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 810, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 110 | 1,831 |
| 2012 | 97 | 2,006 |
| 2013 | 118 | 1,747 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,699 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,637 |
| 2016 | 103 | 1,947 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,638 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,699 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1,649 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1,681 |
| 2021 | 164 | 1,349 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,493 |
| 2023 | 179 | 1,281 |
| 2024 | 170 | 1,346 |
| 2025 | 237 | 1,049 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 38 | 942 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 40 | 933 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 75 | 537 |
| 2022 | 79 | 504 |
| 2023 | 74 | 528 |
| 2024 | 83 | 483 |
| 2025 | 95 | 426 |

## People named Inara

- Inara Luigas, Estonian politician (born 1959)
- Inara George, American musician

## 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.