Ara
Rank in 2025
#3249
recorded as girls
#7679
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
58
girls 48 · boys 10
Peak year
1884
18 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
4,866
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ara was most popular in 1884, when 18 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.14 per 1,000). In 2025, 48 babies were named Ara, ranking #3249 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 3249 | 10 | 7679 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3119 | 14 | 6199 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3140 | 20 | 4886 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2364 | 9 | 8300 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2384 | 18 | 5110 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2931 | 17 | 5235 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3002 | 16 | 5555 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2744 | 12 | 6703 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2744 | 17 | 5297 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3100 | 13 | 6349 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3299 | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3272 | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3645 | 10 | 7537 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3040 | 9 | 8158 |
| 2011 | 28 | 4915 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 34 | 4306 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 30 | 4805 | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | 26 | 5434 | 13 | 6393 |
| 2007 | 22 | 6093 | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | 29 | 4811 | 13 | 6094 |
| 2005 | 27 | 4828 | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | 19 | 6216 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 20 | 5795 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7724 | 10 | 6445 |
| 2000 | 29 | 4185 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 17 | 5896 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7104 | 19 | 3708 |
| 1997 | 13 | 6844 | 16 | 4059 |
| 1996 | 16 | 5771 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6257 | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | 16 | 5713 | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | 12 | 7038 | 17 | 3661 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7512 | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | 15 | 5949 | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | 14 | 6131 | 13 | 4167 |
| 1989 | 24 | 4020 | 21 | 2902 |
| 1988 | 25 | 3690 | 17 | 3079 |
| 1987 | 21 | 3983 | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | 23 | 3645 | 16 | 3005 |
| 1985 | 22 | 3730 | 21 | 2427 |
| 1984 | 17 | 4318 | 15 | 2956 |
| 1983 | 19 | 3949 | 19 | 2493 |
| 1982 | 27 | 3172 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | 27 | 3147 | 18 | 2569 |
| 1980 | 23 | 3506 | 27 | 2003 |
| 1979 | 23 | 3442 | 21 | 2310 |
| 1978 | 24 | 3196 | 29 | 1794 |
| 1977 | 19 | 3761 | 21 | 2202 |
| 1976 | 19 | 3540 | 28 | 1781 |
| 1975 | 24 | 2969 | 34 | 1530 |
| 1974 | 18 | 3558 | 32 | 1546 |
| 1973 | 19 | 3342 | 24 | 1817 |
| 1972 | 19 | 3276 | 19 | 2080 |
| 1971 | 19 | 3373 | 18 | 2203 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | 26 | 1605 |
| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 12 | 3845 | 19 | 1809 |
| 1966 | 10 | 4198 | 16 | 1963 |
| 1965 | 15 | 3264 | 13 | 2270 |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1963 | 17 | 3066 | 17 | 1957 |
| 1962 | 12 | 3782 | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | 10 | 4239 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | 9 | 4437 | 11 | 2535 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4300 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 10 | 3925 | 9 | 2818 |
| 1957 | 10 | 3930 | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | 9 | 4069 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 15 | 2889 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 11 | 3480 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 10 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 10 | 3482 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 13 | 2909 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 19 | 2274 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 16 | 2491 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 11 | 3240 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | 2094 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 21 | 1825 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | 2199 | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 16 | 2251 | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | 11 | 2817 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2532 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 20 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 18 | 1881 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 22 | 1630 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 23 | 1549 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | 1663 | 15 | 1837 |
| 1934 | 34 | 1221 | 11 | 2266 |
| 1933 | 18 | 1835 | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | 27 | 1448 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 26 | 1459 | 13 | 2101 |
| 1930 | 16 | 2110 | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | 28 | 1447 | 19 | 1731 |
| 1928 | 27 | 1541 | 11 | 2522 |
| 1927 | 33 | 1404 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 43 | 1166 | 14 | 2186 |
| 1925 | 35 | 1347 | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | 50 | 1107 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 38 | 1267 | 11 | 2614 |
| 1922 | 38 | 1269 | 9 | 3014 |
| 1921 | 46 | 1126 | 10 | 2804 |
| 1920 | 51 | 1038 | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | 39 | 1194 | 9 | 2877 |
| 1918 | 52 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 40 | 1126 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 47 | 1005 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 47 | 968 | 8 | 2829 |
| 1914 | 40 | 932 | 9 | 2271 |
| 1913 | 34 | 913 | 6 | 2496 |
| 1912 | 30 | 919 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 23 | 898 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 23 | 896 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 12 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 25 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 27 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 18 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 17 | 900 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 18 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 23 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 20 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 30 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 25 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 12 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 25 | 650 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 20 | 699 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 21 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 22 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 15 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 19 | 662 | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | 21 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 22 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 22 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 20 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 16 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 17 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 17 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 18 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 7 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | 738 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 73% · boys 27% across all years