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
0%100%Median name50%38.9%
Araz vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Araz's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
9
Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
45678910 1989201520232025 9

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Araz?
29 babies have been named Araz since 1989. All-time, it sits at #25,995 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,498 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2023 with 9 births.
Where does Araz sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Araz most popular?
Araz was most popular in the 2020s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Araz been used?
The SSA has tracked Araz since 1989 -- 37 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Araz?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aram, Aramis, Ara, Arath, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Araz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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.