Arah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-a
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Arah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Arah mean?
Rare name; also a minor biblical name
In the Book of Ezra, Arah heads a family that returned to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon.
Is Arah a girl's or a boy's name?
Arah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Arah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Arah in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
Names like Arah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Sarah Annie Alice Allie Alma Anna Emma Elsie Hannah Stella Millie
Names related to Arah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Arah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arah, updated 20 October 2026.