Girls' name · since 1882
Arah
Since 1882, U.S. Social Security records show 592 babies named Arah, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 592
- born since 1882
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arah currently ranks #13222 among girls' names in America, with 592 babies recorded since 1882.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arah has been recorded 592 times among girls since 1882, currently ranked #13222 nationally and more common than 24% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #10,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,222 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 592 born since 1882
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arah ranks #10,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,222 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 592 born since 1882, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 592
- born since 1882
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arah's 592 recorded births place it above 85.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arah compares
592 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Arah's all-time total is 57% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 592 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arah's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1886, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Arah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (110 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Arah's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Arah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
81 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s
1930s
44 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 110 births (19% of all-time use).
How Arah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arah's total volume
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What to do with Arah's data
- Arah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Arah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Arah 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.