Arantxa

Girl · ah-RAHN-chah

Arantxa is a girls' name, meaning “thornbush”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Arantxa mean?

Basque pet form of Arantza

“thornbush”

Honours Our Lady of Arantzazu, whose sanctuary stands in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa.

Say it: ah-RAHN-chah

Is Arantxa a girl's or a boy's name?

Arantxa 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 Arantxa 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 Arantxa, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Arantxa in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 76 in 20152025

Arantxa in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	6	#13,203
2024	5	#15,288
2023	14	#7,635
2022	17	#6,702
2021	17	#6,686
2020	9	#10,245
2019	11	#9,106
2018	20	#6,006
2017	35	#4,146
2016	34	#4,249
2015	76	#2,408
2014	46	#3,423
2013	9	#10,995
2012	13	#8,628
2011	8	#12,146
2010	12	#9,227
2009	13	#8,884
2008	15	#8,105
2007	6	#15,485
2006	10	#10,606
2005	8	#11,828
2004	5	#16,092
2003	13	#7,993
2002	9	#10,240
2001	13	#7,717
2000	12	#8,020
1999	10	#8,798
1998	10	#8,579
1997	13	#6,839
1996	22	#4,578
1995	16	#5,672
1994	8	#9,580
1993	18	#5,200
1992	9	#8,726
1991	13	#6,582

Names like Arantxa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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