Boys' name · since 1989
Araz
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Araz, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,498 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Araz currently ranks #8498 among boys' names in America, with 29 babies recorded since 1989.
Araz has 29 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8498 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #25,995 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,498 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Araz ranks #25,995 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,498 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,498 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Araz's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Araz compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Araz's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Araz | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Araz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Araz splits its recorded history at 2023: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Araz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #8498 among boys.
29 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 9 births in a single year.
Araz by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Araz's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Araz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
Araz decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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, 1989–2025 (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 Araz 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.
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