Boys' name · since 1986
Arish
346 babies named Arish in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,287 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 346
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arish currently ranks #3287 among boys' names in America, with 346 babies recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Arish recorded 346 times among boys since 1986, holding rank #3287 nationally today, ahead of 76% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #9,807 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,287 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 346 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arish ranks #9,807 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,287 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 346 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,287 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 346
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arish's 346 recorded births place it above 78.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Arish compares
346 48th 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
Arish's all-time total is 6% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arish | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 346 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arish's full recorded timeline at 2015, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Arish by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (154 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Arish's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Arish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 45
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s
2020s
154 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 154 births (45% of all-time use).
Arish by state
Where Arish concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 51 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
51 of 346 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Arish's data
- New York records the most Arishs (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Arish 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.