Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ara**

#2,520 most common girls' name of all time · #4,286 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,520
Rank overall
#4,286 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
4,866
Since 2016
736
Peak year
2021 #2,385
Best rank
#498 1884
Girls Boys peak 93/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ara is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 48 10 58 #3,250
2024 51 14 65 #3,122
2023 52 20 72 #3,140
2022 78 9 87 #2,365
2021 75 18 93 #2,385
2020 55 17 72 #2,932
2019 54 16 70 #3,004
2018 62 12 74 #2,746
2017 62 17 79 #2,746
2016 53 13 66 #3,102
2015 49 10 59 #3,301
2014 49 7 56 #3,275
2013 42 10 52 #3,647
2012 55 9 64 #3,040
2011 28 10 38 #4,919
2010 34 6 40 #4,308
2009 30 10 40 #4,808
2008 26 13 39 #5,438
2007 22 7 29 #6,101
2006 29 13 42 #4,817
2005 27 14 41 #4,832
2004 19 8 27 #6,219
2003 20 6 26 #5,800
2002 19 9 28 #5,901
2001 13 10 23 #7,733
2000 29 7 36 #4,185
1999 17 11 28 #5,901
1998 13 19 32 #7,108
1997 13 16 29 #6,854
1996 16 10 26 #5,781
1995 14 10 24 #6,266
1994 16 14 30 #5,723
1993 12 17 29 #7,044
1992 11 12 23 #7,524
1991 15 17 32 #5,959
1990 14 13 27 #6,140
1989 24 21 45 #4,025
1988 25 17 42 #3,694
1987 21 10 31 #3,990
1986 23 16 39 #3,649
1985 22 21 43 #3,734
1984 17 15 32 #4,322
1983 19 19 38 #3,957
1982 27 11 38 #3,178
1981 27 18 45 #3,149
1980 23 27 50 #3,512
1979 23 21 44 #3,445
1978 24 29 53 #3,200
1977 19 21 40 #3,767
1976 19 28 47 #3,544
1975 24 34 58 #2,973
1974 18 32 50 #3,561
1973 19 24 43 #3,346
1972 19 19 38 #3,284
1971 19 18 37 #3,379
1970 6 16 22 #7,083
1969 12 26 38 #4,203
1968 7 11 18 #5,656
1967 12 19 31 #3,854
1966 10 16 26 #4,212
1965 15 13 28 #3,268
1964 15 10 25 #3,388
1963 17 17 34 #3,073
1962 12 6 18 #3,788
1961 10 6 16 #4,248
1960 9 11 20 #4,446
1959 9 5 14 #4,309
1958 10 9 19 #3,928
1957 10 8 18 #3,935
1956 8 6 14 #4,475
1955 9 — 9 #4,076
1954 15 6 21 #2,898
1953 11 — 11 #3,489
1952 10 — 10 #3,563
1951 10 — 10 #3,487
1950 13 — 13 #2,915
1949 19 6 25 #2,277
1948 16 — 16 #2,496
1947 11 — 11 #3,246
1946 20 6 26 #2,097
1945 21 — 21 #1,829
1944 16 7 23 #2,203
1943 16 6 22 #2,258
1942 11 5 16 #2,825
1941 12 7 19 #2,534
1940 20 — 20 #1,797
1939 18 5 23 #1,888
1938 19 — 19 #1,811
1937 22 5 27 #1,632
1936 23 — 23 #1,553
1935 21 15 36 #1,671
1934 34 11 45 #1,222
1933 18 9 27 #1,841
1932 27 10 37 #1,451
1931 26 13 39 #1,466
1930 16 8 24 #2,118
1929 28 19 47 #1,451
1928 27 11 38 #1,548
1927 33 11 44 #1,405
1926 43 14 57 #1,169
1925 35 11 46 #1,350
1924 50 6 56 #1,108
1923 38 11 49 #1,268
1922 38 9 47 #1,270
1921 46 10 56 #1,130
1920 51 8 59 #1,040
1919 39 9 48 #1,198
1918 52 — 52 #999
1917 40 5 45 #1,127
1916 47 5 52 #1,007
1915 47 8 55 #970
1914 40 9 49 #933
1913 34 6 40 #915
1912 30 6 36 #924
1911 23 — 23 #908
1910 23 5 28 #901
1909 12 — 12 #1,228
1908 25 — 25 #777
1907 27 — 27 #731
1906 18 — 18 #876
1905 17 — 17 #910
1904 18 — 18 #863
1903 23 — 23 #701
1902 20 — 20 #780
1901 30 — 30 #568
1900 25 — 25 #730
1899 12 — 12 #942
1898 25 — 25 #659
1897 20 — 20 #704
1896 21 — 21 #695
1895 22 — 22 #672
1894 15 — 15 #790
1893 19 5 24 #673
1892 21 — 21 #626
1891 18 — 18 #634
1890 22 — 22 #565
1889 22 — 22 #551
1888 20 — 20 #568
1887 16 — 16 #579
1886 17 — 17 #552
1885 17 — 17 #536
1884 18 — 18 #498
1883 7 — 7 #768
1882 10 — 10 #617
1881 8 — 8 #656
1880 6 — 6 #744