Dar
Dar is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Dar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dar is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Dar
The earliest SSA record of Dar as a baby boy name dates back to 1971, when 5 babies received it. 1988 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Dar — #5,200 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Dar on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Dar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dar
Dar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 28 births in the dataset. Dar's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,200. Use the chart and map above to compare Dar'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.