Ara Name Popularity

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How popular is Ara?

In 2018 the rare name Ara, ranked the 2,734th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Ara is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #481 was reached in 1884.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2017 with 62 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Ara in any given year was 6 in 1970.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ara occurred roughly during the years 1909-1915, 1930-1934, 1942-1945, 1960-1963, 1972-1975, 1997-2000, 2001-2005, and 2013-2017, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1926-1930, and 1937-1941.

Sometimes the name Ara has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Ara has been soaring upward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Ara has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Ara?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

The name Ara is quite distinctive but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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		Ara (Girl)		Ara (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		62	2,734	12	6,696
2017		62	2,743	17	5,288
2016		53	3,098	13	6,364
2015		49	3,299	10	7,521
2014		49	3,273	7	9,702
2013		42	3,641	10	7,567
2012		55	3,043	9	8,186
2011		28	4,926	10	7,530
2010		34	4,311	6	10,848
2009		30	4,811	10	7,720
2008		26	5,449	13	6,414
2007		21	6,340	7	9,846
2006		29	4,824	13	6,114
2005		27	4,841	14	5,589
2004		19	6,246	8	8,187
2003		20	5,826	6	9,650
2002		19	5,916	9	7,079
2001		13	7,775	10	6,478
2000		29	4,188	7	8,253
1999		17	5,919	11	5,680
1998		13	7,143	19	3,712
1997		13	6,880	16	4,071
1996		16	5,787	10	5,554
1995		14	6,283	10	5,523
1994		16	5,728	14	4,301
1993		12	7,067	17	3,666
1992		11	7,555	12	4,586
1991		15	5,970	17	3,471
1990		14	6,147	13	4,183
1989		24	4,027	21	2,910
1988		25	3,701	17	3,083
1987		21	3,994	10	4,255
1986		23	3,655	16	3,014
1985		22	3,736	21	2,428
1984		17	4,332	15	2,963
1983		19	3,958	19	2,495
1982		27	3,182	11	3,696
1981		27	3,147	18	2,575
1980		23	3,512	27	2,003
1979		23	3,446	21	2,313
1978		24	3,204	29	1,797
1977		19	3,769	21	2,209
1976		19	3,545	28	1,780
1975		24	2,970	34	1,531
1974		18	3,562	32	1,546
1973		19	3,350	24	1,820
1972		19	3,284	19	2,082
1971		19	3,375	18	2,205
1970		6	7,108	16	2,301
1969		12	4,207	26	1,607
1968		7	5,666	11	2,584
1967		12	3,852	19	1,809
1966		10	4,205	16	1,966
1965		15	3,269	13	2,275
1964		15	3,384	10	2,670
1963		17	3,069	17	1,961
1962		12	3,791	6	3,659
1961		10	4,251	6	3,663
1960		9	4,450	11	2,543
1959		9	4,313	5	4,018
1958		10	3,938	9	2,822
1957		10	3,949	8	3,031
1956		8	4,473	6	3,549
1955		9	4,079	< 5	--
1954		15	2,890	6	3,465
1953		11	3,488	< 5	--
1952		10	3,560	< 5	--
1951		10	3,493	< 5	--
1950		13	2,916	< 5	--
1949		19	2,276	6	3,315
1948		16	2,496	< 5	--
1947		11	3,250	< 5	--
1946		20	2,095	6	3,193
1945		21	1,826	< 5	--
1944		16	2,203	7	2,871
1943		16	2,258	6	3,244
1942		11	2,826	5	3,589
1941		12	2,537	7	2,884
1940		20	1,794	< 5	--
1939		18	1,884	5	3,504
1938		19	1,810	< 5	--
1937		22	1,631	5	3,546
1936		23	1,553	< 5	--
1935		21	1,664	14	1,926
1934		34	1,221	11	2,268
1933		18	1,839	9	2,551
1932		27	1,452	10	2,472
1931		26	1,460	13	2,102
1930		16	2,116	8	3,034
1929		27	1,486	19	1,731
1928		28	1,506	11	2,525
1927		33	1,407	11	2,529
1926		43	1,167	14	2,194
1925		35	1,351	11	2,600
1924		50	1,110	6	3,892
1923		38	1,268	11	2,624
1922		38	1,272	9	3,027
1921		46	1,126	10	2,815
1920		51	1,039	8	3,223
1919		39	1,195	9	2,889
1918		52	1,000	< 5	--
1917		40	1,128	5	4,007
1916		47	1,005	5	3,926
1915		47	969	8	2,842
1914		40	932	9	2,278
1913		34	914	6	2,512
1912		30	920	6	2,288
1911		23	900	< 5	--
1910		23	896	5	1,601
1909		12	1,225	< 5	--
1908		25	769	< 5	--
1907		27	727	< 5	--
1906		18	873	< 5	--
1905		17	903	< 5	--
1904		18	854	< 5	--
1903		23	695	< 5	--
1902		20	774	< 5	--
1901		30	559	< 5	--
1900		25	726	< 5	--
1899		12	936	< 5	--
1898		25	651	< 5	--
1897		20	700	< 5	--
1896		21	688	< 5	--
1895		22	658	< 5	--
1894		15	785	< 5	--
1893		19	662	5	1,041
1892		21	617	< 5	--
1891		18	625	< 5	--
1890		22	558	< 5	--
1889		22	544	< 5	--
1888		20	560	< 5	--
1887		16	561	< 5	--
1886		17	541	< 5	--
1885		17	523	< 5	--
1884		18	481	< 5	--
1883		7	756	< 5	--
1882		10	597	< 5	--
1881		8	628	< 5	--
1880		6	744	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.