Girls' name · since 1995

Arushi

656 babies named Arushi in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,942 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,109 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
656
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade

Arushi currently ranks #8109 among girls' names in America, with 656 babies recorded since 1995.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arushi has been recorded 656 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #8109 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.

  • #9,942 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,109 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 656 born since 1995
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arushi ranks #9,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,109 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 656 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.

#9,942 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,109 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
656
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%53.1%
Arushi vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Arushi's 656 recorded births place it above 86.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

6 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Arushi compares

656 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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

Arushi's all-time total is 74% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Arushi Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 656 376 567,345
Peak-year births 60 21 19,840

Arushi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Arushi's full recorded timeline at 2010, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 60 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Arushi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2005)
60
Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
020406080 199519992003200720112015201920232025 13

Arushi by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (415 births, 63% of the file).

2000s was Arushi's strongest decade.

415 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.

Arushi births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 415 births (63% of all-time use).

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

How Arushi compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arushi's total volume

Arushi vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -45, 3.7%-99, 5%-46, 5.2%-27, 7.8%-26, 11.3%-25, 10.4%-35, 5.8%-81, 3.7%-37, 8.8%-41, 31.6%-38, 12.2%-146, 2.6%-78, 3%-42, 5.4%-32, 7.6%Arushi-31, 9.1%Arushi
Arushi vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Arushi by state

Where Arushi concentrates geographically, total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 6 states by recorded births for the name Arushi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
101 15.4%
#2 New Jersey
40 6.1%
#3 Illinois
11 1.7%
#4 Texas
10 1.5%
#5 New York
6 0.9%
#6 Virginia
5 0.8%
California share of Arushi's total US births 15.4%
Even split

101 of 656 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arushi?
656 babies have been named Arushi since 1995. All-time, it sits at #9,942 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,109 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2005 with 60 births.
Where does Arushi sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arushi ranks #9,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,109 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 Arushi most popular?
Arushi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 415 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Arushi most popular?
The top states for the name Arushi are California (101 births), New Jersey (40 births), Illinois (11 births).
How long has the name Arushi been used?
Records for Arushi go back to 1995, giving 31 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Arushi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aruna, Aruvi, Arunima, Arusha, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Arushi's data

  • Arushi's decade-level peak was the 2000s (415 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Arushis (101 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Arushi

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arushi: 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, 1995–2025 (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 Arushi 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.