Aranza — #1461 US girls' name
3,251 babies named Aranza in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Aranza was born in this single decade.
476 babies were named Aranza in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aranza
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,251 babies named Aranza between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aranza currently holds the #1461 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 476 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aranza performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,927 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aranza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 917 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Aranza in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aranza in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,251 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aranza at a glance
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Current rank
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Aranza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2014)
- 476
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #1461 among girls.
3,251 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 476 births in a single year.
Aranza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,927 births that decade — 59% of Aranza's all-time total
Aranza decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,927 births
- Runner-up 806 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aranza's strongest decade
1,927 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Aranza by state
Where Aranza concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 917 | 28.2% |
| #2 | California | | 790 | 24.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 147 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 118 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 117 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 79 | 2.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 56 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 42 | 1.3% |
917 of 3,251 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 28.2% of nationwide
- California 24.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 3.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 28.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Aranza appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.