Ara
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 73.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,565since 1880
Ara over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,140 | 52 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #1,530 | 34 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #1,107 | 50 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,126 | 46 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #999 | 52 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,005 | 47 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #932 | 40 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 | — | |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | — | |
| 1901 | #559 | 30 | — | |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 | — | |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 | — | |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #543 | 22 | — | |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ara was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Ara is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#419 · 1 in 2,711
Best ever in a state: #309 in Florida, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #419 | 11 | 1 in 2,711 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ara
- 130 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #3,249)
- 318 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #3,249)
- 50 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1910 (#1,219 → #896)
- Biggest drop: 451 spots in 1909 (#768 → #1,219)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #479 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 71 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1880–1908
- Highest: 1 in 7,168 girls born in 1884 were named Ara (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.7% of all girls named Ara (488) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1998, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #479 (1884) | #591 |
| 1890s | 195 | #558 (1890) | #687 |
| 1900s | 215 | #559 (1901) | #809 |
| 1910s | 375 | #896 (1910) | #985 |
| 1920s | 389 | #1,038 (1920) | #1,271 |
| 1930s | 224 | #1,221 (1934) | #1,660 |
| 1940s | 162 | #1,792 (1940) | #2,352 |
| 1950s | 105 | #2,889 (1954) | #3,700 |
| 1960s | 119 | #3,066 (1963) | #4,005 |
| 1970s | 190 | #2,969 (1975) | #3,753 |
| 1980s | 228 | #3,147 (1981) | #3,716 |
| 1990s | 141 | #5,713 (1994) | #6,422 |
| 2000s | 234 | #4,185 (2000) | #5,579 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,744 (2017) | #3,407 |
| 2020s | 359 | #2,364 (2022) | #2,865 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ara in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 18,369 of them was named Ara, which outranked 75.4% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 85,428 of them was named Ara, which outranked 23.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).