Arash

#4,866 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly bear

Arash has been given to 973 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #4,866 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 41 recorded.

Babies named Arash, 2025

1 in 166,000

Arash over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arash: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly bear

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arash means

Arash may mean “bear”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 973 boys were recorded with the name Arash between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 1982; its best national rank was #1,514 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,998 in 2020 to #4,866 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,692 in 2015 to #4,866 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 Arash?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 166,000; 20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 85,400; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,866; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 114,896 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arash sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arash. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arashs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arash was born before 1990 — so the typical Arash is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 34.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 30.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 973; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 34.2% of all recorded uses (333).

Is Arash 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: +1,347; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,132; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,826; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.67×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 48.8%; Peak was 1982 (41)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,514; 1982

Spellings of Arash

Arash is not the most common spelling — Cash is, with 19.9% against Arash's 0.70%.

Cash19.9%27,705
Nash16.1%22,439
Kash12.5%17,367
Ares5.9%8,284
Krish3.5%4,811
Dash3.1%4,297
Aryeh2.5%3,495
Rush2.5%3,438

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 Arash is used

Across 1910–2025, Arash was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 131,796 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 50,000
2New York1 in —
3Texas1 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. Arash has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arash around the world

Where Arash 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
1996–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2020–2025
#5,473
in 2025
Canada
1993–2024
#1,817
in 2024
South Australia
2008–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Arash by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,866
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,132
Best rank ever: #1,514; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 41 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 973
Count in 2025: 20

Names similar to Arash

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

Arath Aran Arav Aras Aramis Ara Aram Aakash Joash Akash Arael Arafat Araf Arad Avinash Yash Vash Wash Dash Crash Aragorn Jash Ash Kailash

Sibling names for Arash

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

Darci Fawn Starla Jenelle Sommer Marisela Brook Imelda

For a brother

Jamaal Chauncey Marques Delvin Donnell Jerrod Tory Wilfredo

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