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
Aroha's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2013)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #16482 among girls.
17 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 6 births in a single year.
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
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
Aroha decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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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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.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~12 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, 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.
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