Inara

What Inara means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Inara yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1998, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Inara?

US: Rising: up from #1636 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #942 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 237 girls got the name (#1047 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 6,782 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,666 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 CT (0.43 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.37 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.35 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Inara is #1047 in the US and #426 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 Inara were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ainara295 US · 3 E&W
• Anora144 US · 24 E&W
• Anari89 US
• Anayra35 US · 11 E&W
• Anaira36 US · 8 E&W
• Aynara43 US
• Anara34 US · 4 E&W
• Inaara9 US · 22 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Inar

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Inara

Girls

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025

For a brother

• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

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 Inara’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.