Girls' name · since 1919
Arrah
21 babies named Arrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Arrah since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Arrah recorded 21 times among girls since 1919, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2014.
- #45,192 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arrah ranks #45,192 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arrah's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arrah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2014
- Peak year (2013)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Arrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Arrah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Arrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arrah: 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 (~95 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, 1919–2014 (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 Arrah 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.