Nara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nara: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,302, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1302highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#3156
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#3229
2018	#1526
2019	#1439
2020	#1397
2021	#1505
2022	#1849
2023	#2201
2024	#1302

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1302 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1302 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	86	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1302 in England and Wales in 2024.

Nara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,302, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,302position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 202425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleya · #1302, 23y
Liara · #1302, 15y
Myrah · #1302, 22y
Shiven · #1302, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aleya · #1302, 23y
Myrah · #1302, 22y
Shiven · #1302, 22y
Kavin · #1303, 26y

Nara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nara without appearing here.

Nara moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1526 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1526 and #5666.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #5493.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Nara

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Nara

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nara

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nara went from #3795 to #1302 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1302 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Nara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nara at a glance

Nara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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