Aara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ra
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Aara is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Aara come from?
Persian: possibly Persian ara 'adorning', as in Jahanara
Is Aara a girl's or a boy's name?
Aara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aara than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Aara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Aara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Aara, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer girls named Aara than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Aara in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
Names like Aara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Ayra Arya Aadhya Anvika Ayat Raya Safa Anaya Aarya Aavya Abeeha
Names related to Aara
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aara, updated 20 October 2026.