Arah
#9,951 most common girls' name of all time · #16,555 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#9,951
Rank overall
#16,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
592
Since 2016
72
Peak year
1922 #2,311
Best rank
#873 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Arah first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,513 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,244 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,272 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,236 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,131 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,569 |
| 2017 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,359 |
| 2016 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,429 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,469 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,950 |
| 2013 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,387 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,280 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,860 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,010 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,866 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,691 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,510 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,214 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,076 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,851 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,366 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,234 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,073 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,614 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,814 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,774 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,053 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,849 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,241 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,542 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,449 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,937 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,096 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,813 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,368 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,201 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,034 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,303 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,674 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,466 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,389 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,468 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,263 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,462 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,260 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,705 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,780 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,080 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,026 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,427 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,386 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,311 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,610 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,844 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,541 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,714 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,232 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,870 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,753 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,232 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,811 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,152 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,776 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,932 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,551 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,606 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,333 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,184 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | 6 | #873 |