Girls' name · since 2009
Aara
238 babies named Aara in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aara is the #9305 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 238 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Aara recorded 238 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #9305 nationally today, ahead of 46% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #18,058 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,305 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 238 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aara ranks #18,058 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,305 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 238 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aara's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aara compares
238 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aara's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 238 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aara's full recorded timeline at 2017, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Aara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (127 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Aara's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Aara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 127 births (53% of all-time use).
Aara by state
Where Aara concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 238 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aara's data
- Aara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2020s (104) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aaras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.