Given name

Anara

Anara is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Anara isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Anara through the years

Babies since 1880
419
0 boys · 419 girls
Most popular year
2025
34 babies
2025
34
#4,177 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+9%
Steady
010203020002025Highest share 202521
Anara in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1993–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inCalifornia
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: California (6).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,177 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 412 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

AnaraAnoraAnar

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Anara, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Omara

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Arabic · Modern

Adhara

63FamiliarRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Auora

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Alloura

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anvika

42UncommonRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Anara’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Anara

A sister for Anara