Ainara

What Ainara means

Spanish, meaning “swallow”

Borrowed from Basque Ainara, itself from ainara (“swallow”), a variant of enara.

Source: Wiktionary, “Ainara” (revision 87295530), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ainara?

US: Rising: up from #2382 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 309 girls got the name (#866 that year). First in the US records in 2003.

How common

• About 1 in 5,448 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.54 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.45 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.37 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ainara is #898 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ainara were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Inara237 US · 95 E&W
• Anora144 US · 24 E&W
• Anari89 US
• Annora40 US · 8 E&W
• Anayra35 US · 11 E&W
• Anaira36 US · 8 E&W
• Aynara43 US
• Anara34 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ainara

Girls

• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025
• Genevieve#148possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”^*
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025

For a brother

• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ainara’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.