Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 0 boys · 207 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,036 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,036 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 408 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.
Antara’s family of names
In Greek usage, Antara as a surname is a transliteration of Αντάρα. In Greek usage, Antara as a surname is a transliteration of Ανταρά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Antara
- Antara MaliIndian actressborn 1975
- Antara BiswasIndian actressborn 1982
- Antara Dev SenIndian journalistborn 1963
- Antara MitraIndian singerborn 1987
- Antara ChowdhuryIndian singerborn 1970
- Antara KakIndian film directorborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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