Arra
#15,189 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Arra has been given to 159 babies in the U.S. since 1881. In 2025 it ranked #15,189 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 12 recorded.
Babies named Arra, 2025
1 in 663,000
Arra over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Arra?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 321,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #15,189
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Arra sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Arras were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Arra was born before 1921 — so the typical Arra is around 104 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 23.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 28.3%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 55
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 23.9% of all recorded uses (38).
Is Arra 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 41.7%
- Peak was 1921 (12)
- Years since peak
- 104
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.7% average annual change
Spellings of Arra
Arra is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 14.4% against Arra's <0.01%.
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.
Arra around the world
Where Arra 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.
- Scotland2023–2023#749in 2023
- South Australia2004–2004#700in 2004
Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Arra by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Arra
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Arra
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.