Girls' name · since 2013

Aroha

Aroha has 17 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#47,495 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,482 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
17
born since 2013
2010s
peak decade

Aroha currently ranks #16482 among girls' names in America, with 17 babies recorded since 2013.

Aroha has 17 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16482 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2013 to 2025.

  • #47,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,482 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 17 born since 2013
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aroha ranks #47,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,482 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.

#47,495 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,482 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
17
born since 2013
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%4.7%
Aroha vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Aroha's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Aroha compares

17 6th percentile among 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

Aroha's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Aroha Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 17 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Aroha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Aroha splits its recorded history at 2016: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Aroha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
6
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
4.555.566.5 201320162025 5

Aroha by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).

2010s was Aroha's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Aroha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aroha?
Since 2013, Social Security records show 17 babies named Aroha. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #47,495 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,482 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2013, with 6 births.
Where does Aroha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aroha ranks #47,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,482 of 17,297 among girls' 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 Aroha most popular?
Aroha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Aroha been used?
Aroha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2013, spanning 13 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Aroha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aron, Arora, Arohi, Aroush, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Aroha's data

  • Aroha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Aroha: 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, 2013–2025 (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 Aroha 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.