Ara is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5084 for girl births in the United States, given to 58 babies. Ara first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2021 (93 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #5,084 |
| 2024 | 65 | #4,732 |
| 2023 | 72 | #4,404 |
| 2022 | 87 | #3,924 |
| 2021 | 93 | #3,715 |
| 2020 | 72 | #4,287 |
| 2019 | 70 | #4,447 |
| 2018 | 74 | #4,283 |
| 2017 | 79 | #4,109 |
| 2016 | 66 | #4,635 |
| 2015 | 59 | #5,050 |
| 2014 | 56 | #5,183 |
| 2013 | 52 | #5,405 |
| 2012 | 64 | #4,752 |
| 2011 | 38 | #6,751 |
| 2010 | 40 | #6,585 |
| 2009 | 40 | #6,678 |
| 2008 | 39 | #6,850 |
| 2007 | 29 | #8,304 |
| 2006 | 42 | #6,262 |
| 2005 | 41 | #6,103 |
| 2004 | 27 | #7,931 |
| 2003 | 26 | #7,981 |
| 2002 | 28 | #7,334 |
| 2001 | 23 | #8,334 |
| 2000 | 36 | #6,019 |
| 1999 | 28 | #6,805 |
| 1998 | 32 | #6,079 |
| 1997 | 29 | #6,296 |
| 1996 | 26 | #6,656 |
| 1995 | 24 | #6,907 |
| 1994 | 30 | #5,922 |
| 1993 | 29 | #5,975 |
| 1992 | 23 | #7,043 |
| 1991 | 32 | #5,416 |
| 1990 | 27 | #6,077 |
| 1989 | 45 | #4,073 |
| 1988 | 42 | #4,044 |
| 1987 | 31 | #4,769 |
| 1986 | 39 | #3,987 |
| 1985 | 43 | #3,679 |
| 1984 | 32 | #4,389 |
| 1983 | 38 | #3,836 |
| 1982 | 38 | #3,931 |
| 1981 | 45 | #3,509 |
| 1980 | 50 | #3,251 |
| 1979 | 44 | #3,487 |
| 1978 | 53 | #2,963 |
| 1977 | 40 | #3,570 |
| 1976 | 47 | #3,085 |
| 1975 | 58 | #2,643 |
| 1974 | 50 | #2,832 |
| 1973 | 43 | #3,034 |
| 1972 | 38 | #3,272 |
| 1971 | 37 | #3,419 |
| 1970 | 22 | #4,642 |
| 1969 | 38 | #3,146 |
| 1968 | 18 | #4,660 |
| 1967 | 31 | #3,308 |
| 1966 | 26 | #3,658 |
| 1965 | 28 | #3,532 |
| 1964 | 25 | #3,846 |
| 1963 | 34 | #3,202 |
| 1962 | 18 | #4,525 |
| 1961 | 16 | #4,892 |
| 1960 | 20 | #4,263 |
| 1959 | 14 | #5,051 |
| 1958 | 19 | #4,216 |
| 1957 | 18 | #4,322 |
| 1956 | 14 | #4,982 |
| 1955 | 9 | #6,257 |
| 1954 | 21 | #3,799 |
| 1953 | 11 | #5,450 |
| 1952 | 10 | #5,594 |
| 1951 | 10 | #5,521 |
| 1950 | 13 | #4,688 |
| 1949 | 25 | #3,190 |
| 1948 | 16 | #4,086 |
| 1947 | 11 | #5,163 |
| 1946 | 26 | #2,987 |
| 1945 | 21 | #3,087 |
| 1944 | 23 | #2,963 |
| 1943 | 22 | #3,129 |
| 1942 | 16 | #3,747 |
| 1941 | 19 | #3,258 |
| 1940 | 20 | #3,104 |
| 1939 | 23 | #2,793 |
| 1938 | 19 | #3,168 |
| 1937 | 27 | #2,561 |
| 1936 | 23 | #2,767 |
| 1935 | 36 | #2,156 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,898 |
| 1933 | 27 | #2,537 |
| 1932 | 37 | #2,165 |
| 1931 | 39 | #2,114 |
| 1930 | 24 | #2,900 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,947 |
| 1928 | 38 | #2,241 |
| 1927 | 44 | #2,118 |
| 1926 | 57 | #1,801 |
| 1925 | 46 | #2,061 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,898 |
| 1923 | 49 | #2,013 |
| 1922 | 47 | #2,061 |
| 1921 | 56 | #1,870 |
| 1920 | 59 | #1,786 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,947 |
| 1918 | 52 | #1,858 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,941 |
| 1916 | 52 | #1,782 |
| 1915 | 55 | #1,680 |
| 1914 | 49 | #1,558 |
| 1913 | 40 | #1,545 |
| 1912 | 36 | #1,524 |
| 1911 | 23 | #1,517 |
| 1910 | 28 | #1,336 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,973 |
| 1908 | 25 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 27 | #1,163 |
| 1906 | 18 | #1,380 |
| 1905 | 17 | #1,443 |
| 1904 | 18 | #1,346 |
| 1903 | 23 | #1,099 |
| 1902 | 20 | #1,224 |
| 1901 | 30 | #887 |
| 1900 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 1899 | 12 | #1,477 |
| 1898 | 25 | #1,038 |
| 1897 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1896 | 21 | #1,110 |
| 1895 | 22 | #1,064 |
| 1894 | 15 | #1,287 |
| 1893 | 24 | #937 |
| 1892 | 21 | #1,025 |
| 1891 | 18 | #1,029 |
| 1890 | 22 | #933 |
| 1889 | 22 | #912 |
| 1888 | 20 | #962 |
| 1887 | 16 | #976 |
| 1886 | 17 | #967 |
| 1885 | 17 | #956 |
| 1884 | 18 | #913 |
| 1883 | 7 | #1,434 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,193 |
| 1881 | 8 | #1,257 |
| 1880 | 6 | #1,492 |