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Ara

#3,255 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Ara has been given to 4,866 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,255 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Ara, 2025

1 in 69,100

Ara over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ara over time

In 2025, Ara went to 83% girls and 17% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ara: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Armenian

What Ara means

Ara is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ara is used in English and Icelandic. Its origins include Armenian.

Ara comes through Armenian Արա.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Icelandic, Ara is pronounced [ˈaːra].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,565 girls were recorded with the name Ara between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 2022; its best national rank was #481 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,933 in 2020 to #3,255 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,304 in 2015 to #3,255 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,301 boys were recorded with the name Ara between 1893 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 1975; its best national rank was #1,040 in 1893.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,242 in 2020 to #7,710 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,526 in 2015 to #7,710 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ara?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 69,100
48 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 33,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,255
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
47,874 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ara sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 47,874 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ara. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ara was born before 1957 — so the typical Ara is around 68 today.

Median birth year
1957
About 68 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
13.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,864
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 13.7% of all recorded uses (488).

Is Ara rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−130
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−322
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+49
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.98×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.5%
Peak was 2022 (78)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#481
1884

Where Ara is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ara was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 31,889 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2Nevada1 in 20,000
  3. 3New York1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5Washington1 in 33,333
  6. 6Arizona1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Ara is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ara was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 149,112 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New Jersey1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ara has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ara around the world

Where Ara ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #2,605
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2020–2020
    #397
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1995–1995
    #712
    in 1995

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ara

People whose public names include Ara, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ara in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ara. Linked forms have their own page here.

EraIraOraAriaAsraAre

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ara by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,255
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 322
Best rank ever
#481
1884
Peak year
2022
78 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,565
Count in 2025
48

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,710
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,468
Best rank ever
#1,040
1893
Peak year
1975
34 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,301
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Ara

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ArayaAranzaArahYaraKyaraKlaraAdaraArayahInaraSharaFaraNaraAlaraSiaraDaraJaraElaraZaharaAralynVaraMearaZaraSaharaAtara

Names with a curve like Ara

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ara, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ara

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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