Arah
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 592since 1882
Arah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Arah has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
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| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Arah! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Arah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Arah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #813 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,975
- Highest: 1 in 17,975 girls born in 1882 were named Arah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 18.6% of all girls named Arah (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #813 (1882) | #961 |
| 1890s | 17 | #1,277 (1893) | #1,445 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,902 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,719 (1912) | #2,540 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,291 (1922) | #3,221 |
| 1930s | 44 | #3,226 (1931) | #3,809 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,349 (1940) | #4,385 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 48 | #6,258 (1974) | #7,595 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,527 (1982) | #6,308 |
| 1990s | 21 | #9,336 (1991) | #10,445 |
| 2000s | 28 | #13,832 (2008) | #15,428 |
| 2010s | 86 | #7,372 (2013) | #12,160 |
| 2020s | 36 | #12,206 (2021) | #13,569 |
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.
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