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.

Arash

#4,891 most common boys' name of all time · #12,084 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#4,891
Rank overall
#12,084 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
973
Since 2016
158
Peak year
1982 #1,538
Best rank
#1,538 1982
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
198020002020

Arash first appears in 1972. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 20 20 #4,921
2024 — 14 14 #6,280
2023 — 17 17 #5,526
2022 — 18 18 #5,280
2021 — 15 15 #5,855
2020 — 14 14 #6,097
2019 — 16 16 #5,653
2018 — 14 14 #6,140
2017 — 14 14 #6,160
2016 — 16 16 #5,650
2015 — 12 12 #6,797
2014 — 14 14 #6,096
2013 — 7 7 #9,936
2012 — 7 7 #9,955
2011 — 6 6 #11,177
2010 — 7 7 #9,967
2009 — 6 6 #11,327
2008 — 10 10 #7,898
2007 — 6 6 #11,256
2006 — 16 16 #5,384
2005 — 9 9 #7,863
2004 — 5 5 #11,802
2003 — 11 11 #6,415
2002 — 9 9 #7,276
2001 — 12 12 #5,814
2000 — 13 13 #5,408
1999 — 15 15 #4,625
1998 — 12 12 #5,305
1997 — 12 12 #5,104
1996 — 19 19 #3,619
1995 — 23 23 #3,069
1994 — 17 17 #3,839
1993 — 21 21 #3,209
1992 — 26 26 #2,725
1991 — 29 29 #2,451
1990 — 29 29 #2,419
1989 — 35 35 #2,062
1988 — 32 32 #2,026
1987 — 39 39 #1,729
1986 — 29 29 #2,049
1985 — 38 38 #1,669
1984 — 26 26 #2,087
1983 — 35 35 #1,685
1982 — 41 41 #1,538
1981 — 33 33 #1,763
1980 — 25 25 #2,158
1979 — 23 23 #2,230
1978 — 33 33 #1,686
1977 — 18 18 #2,551
1976 — 14 14 #2,939
1975 — 13 13 #3,067
1974 — 16 16 #2,548
1973 — 7 7 #4,460
1972 — 5 5 #5,597