Arantza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-RAHN-tsah
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Arantza is a girls' name, meaning “hawthorn”. In 2025 it ranked 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Arantza mean?
Basque, short for Arantzazu
“hawthorn”
From the Basque sanctuary of Our Lady of Arantzazu, whose name is linked to arantza, 'hawthorn'.
Is Arantza a girl's or a boy's name?
Arantza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arantza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Arantza, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 179 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Arantza in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arantza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 173 | #1,366 |
| 2014 | 179 | #1,321 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Arantza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amora Alora Ximena Solana Alara Aitana Alaia Aria Avianna Amara Marigold Amoura
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, “Arantza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arantza, updated 20 October 2026.