Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Iara

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
water lady; small butterfly

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Iara

Pronunciation

i(a)-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #6903, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #11932, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20257
202416
20238
202216
20218
2020–
20197
20188
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #3511, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4709, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20234
2022–
20214
20203
20193
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #2286, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20226
20216
20206
20194
20185
20176
20166
20155
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence