Arantza

#2,904 in 2025Girls' name

Thornbush, thorn

Arantza has been given to 1,223 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #2,904 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 179 recorded.

Babies named Arantza, 2025

1 in 57,200

Arantza over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arantza: meaning, origin, and history

Thornbush, thorn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arantza means

Arantza means “thornbush, thorn”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,223 girls were recorded with the name Arantza between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 179 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,322 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,502 in 2020 to #2,904 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,367 in 2015 to #2,904 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Arantza?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 57,200; 58 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 27,700; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #2,904; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 39,620 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arantza 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 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arantza. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arantzas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arantza was born before 2016 — so the typical Arantza is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 61.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,223; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 61.1% of all recorded uses (747).

Is Arantza 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: +329; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +598; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,537; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.34×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 32.4%; Peak was 2014 (179)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 76.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,322; 2014

Spellings of Arantza

Arantza is not the most common spelling — Aranza is, with 65.6% against Arantza's 23.6%.

Aranza65.6%3,395
Arantza23.6%1,223
Arantxa10.7%555

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arantza is used

Across 2016–2025, Arantza was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 18,726 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 11,111
2California1 in 14,286
3Florida1 in 16,667
4Arizona1 in 50,000
5Georgia1 in 100,000
6Illinois1 in 100,000
7North Carolina1 in 100,000
8Pennsylvania1 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.

Arantza by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #2,904
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 598
Best rank ever: #1,322; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 179 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,223
Count in 2025: 58

Names similar to Arantza

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

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Sibling names for Arantza

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

For a sister

Elin Karleigh Bayleigh Kaelynn Kinsey Jessa Jordynn Blythe

For a brother

Caesar Tobin Hamilton Konnor Gannon Konner Chace Braiden

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