Ainara
Ainara or Enara is a Basque language feminine given name meaning "swallow bird".
Meaning & Origin of Ainara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ainara or Enara is a Basque language feminine given name meaning "swallow bird".
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The Story of Ainara
Ainara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2003, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 350 Ainaras were born — ranking #795 that year. As of 2026, Ainara ranks #795 for baby girls with 350 births, rising sharply (+309% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Ainaras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ainara
Ainara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ainara's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #795. Use the chart and map above to compare Ainara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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