first name
ARA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,113 people named Ara, 68.2% reported their origin as White, 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 50.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ara peaked in 2021, when 93 babies got the name.
At least 4,866 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ara by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,041. The largest share of babies named Ara, 21.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Ara
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ara, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ara ranks #23,203 of 156,621, with 1,131 people. See Ara as a last name
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