Girls' name · since 1881
Arra
159 babies named Arra in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
159 babies have been named Arra since 1881, making it today's #14967 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arra has been recorded 159 times among girls since 1881, currently ranked #14967 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #22,167 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,967 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 159 born since 1881
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arra ranks #22,167 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,967 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 159 born since 1881, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arra's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arra compares
159 32nd 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
Arra's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arra's SSA record in two at 1927 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Arra by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (38 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Arra's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Arra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
25 births
- 1890s 13
1890s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 38 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arra's data
- Arra's decade-level peak was the 1920s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Arra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Arra 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.