Girls' name · since 1914
Arax
Arax has 13 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arax sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Arax recorded 13 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1922.
- #50,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arax ranks #50,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #50,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arax's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arax's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arax's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arax popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Arax by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
1920s was Arax's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Arax births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arax: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1914–1922 (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 Arax 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.