Jara

#9,118 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jara has been given to 860 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #9,118 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Jara, 2025

1 in 301,000

Jara over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jara: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jara means

Jara is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jara is used in Serbo-Croatian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 860 girls were recorded with the name Jara between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2006; its best national rank was #3,321 in 1972.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,193 in 2020 to #9,118 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,602 in 2015 to #9,118 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jara?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,118; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jara sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jara. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jara was born before 1994 — so the typical Jara is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 24.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 37.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 860; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 24.0% of all recorded uses (206).

Is Jara rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,429; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +75; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,484; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.57×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 44.0%; Peak was 2006 (25)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,321; 1972

Spellings of Jara

Jara is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 34.7% against Jara's <0.01%.

Mary34.7%4,141,481
Sarah9.2%1,098,498
Laura6.7%801,811
Maria4.7%566,111
Sara3.7%436,193
Jane3.2%379,876
Ava2.9%344,097
Clara2.5%300,524

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jara around the world

Where Jara ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2015–2024
#5,892
in 2024
France
2013–2025
#3,898
in 2025
South Australia
1982–1997
#681
in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jara by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,118
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 75
Best rank ever: #3,321; 1972
Peak year: 2006; 25 that year
First recorded: 1967
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 860
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Jara

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jari Vara Nara Fara Jarely Xara Jariah Liara Diara Zaara Azara Swara Jared Chara Imara Dhara Niara Atara Jariya Ziara Meara Aara Jaretzy Jariyah

Sibling names for Jara

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Shakira Taniya Rhianna Madisen Sydnee Lesli Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Keven Zakary Nathen Garret Samual Donavon

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