Hara
Meaning
a Greek name, a transcription of Χαρά, 'joy'; not a spelling of Hera, despite the single vowel between them. In Sanskrit, separately, Hara is an epithet of Shiva
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hara has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See Hara in official records · Spain and Argentina
Spain
31 residents · #21,323 among women · mean age 17.3
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
Not on the 2024 record (small counts are withheld at source) · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations where observed
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Mexico City and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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