Girls' name · since 1979
Araya
Araya has 4,188 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,052 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,188
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Araya currently ranks #1052 among girls' names in America, with 4,188 babies recorded since 1979.
Araya has 4,188 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1052 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #2,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,052 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,188 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Araya ranks #2,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,052 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,188 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,052 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,188
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Araya's 4,188 recorded births place it above 95.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Araya compares
4,188 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Araya's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Araya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,188 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 310 | 21 | 19,840 |
Araya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Araya splits its recorded history at 2007: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 310 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Araya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 310
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Araya popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2015 (Araya as boys' name)
Araya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,514 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Araya's strongest decade.
1,514 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Araya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 232
1990s
232 births
- 2000s
2000s
978 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,514 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,454 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,514 births (36% of all-time use).
How Araya 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 Araya's total volume
Araya by state
Where Araya concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 370 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 224 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 194 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 186 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 143 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 136 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 125 | 3.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 104 | 2.5% |
370 of 4,188 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Araya appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- Araya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,514 total births) through the 2020s (1,454) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Arayas (370 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 Araya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Araya 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.