Arash

#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births

Peak · boys
1982 · 41 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
973
since 1972

Arash over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arash has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #1,514, 1982boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#4,85720
2024#6,19914
2023#5,47017
2022#5,21518
2021#5,77615
2020#5,98014
2019#5,55516
2018#6,03614
2017#6,06014
2016#5,55516
2015#6,67612
2014#5,99714
2013#9,6557
2012#9,7097
2011#10,8086
2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#7,69810
2007#10,9216
2006#5,30316
2005#7,6409
2004#11,3565
2003#6,25811
2002#7,0559
2001#5,66712
2000#5,29713
1999#4,53715
1998#5,15912
1997#4,96012
1996#3,54919
1995#3,02023
1994#3,75117
1993#3,14121
1992#2,67026
1991#2,40629
1990#2,37329
1989#2,02735
1988#1,98932
1987#1,70939
1986#2,00729
1985#1,64438
1984#2,03626
1983#1,65135
1982#1,51441
1981#1,72633
1980#2,11025
1979#2,15723
1978#1,65233
1977#2,45818
1976#2,82614
1975#2,90213
1974#2,45916
1973#4,0547
1972#4,9865
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Arash! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arash
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,342 spots since 2024 (#6,199#4,857)
  • 1,123 spots since 2020 (#5,980#4,857)
  • 1,819 spots since 2015 (#6,676#4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,514 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,255
  • Highest: 1 in 44,255 boys born in 1982 were named Arash (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 34.2% of all boys named Arash (333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s129#1,652 (1978)#2,937
1980s333#1,514 (1982)#1,841
1990s203#2,373 (1990)#3,557
2000s97#5,297 (2000)#7,819
2010s113#5,555 (2016)#7,574
2020s98#4,857 (2025)#5,583

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arash in 1987

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#1,709
39 births · 1 in 47,871 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,709Arash39
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 47,871 of them was named Arash, which outranked 79.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arash
  1. #1,684Samer40
  2. #1,684Sharod40
  3. #1,684Yousef40
  4. #1,709Arash39
  5. #1,709Auston39
  6. #1,709Brayden39
  7. #1,709Christos39
  8. #1,734Adnan38
  9. #1,734Arlen38
  10. #1,734Benson38

Tied with 24 names at #1,709; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987