Aras
Boy · AR-as · Baltic
Aras is a boys' name of Baltic origin, meaning “eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Aras mean?
Baltic: Lithuanian; also Turkish and Kurdish, after the River Aras
“eagle”
In Lithuanian aras is an old word for eagle; Aras is also the Turkish name of the ancient River Araxes.
- Say it
- AR-as
Is Aras a girl's or a boy's name?
Aras is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aras in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Aras, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th.
2025 had the most boys named Aras of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Aras in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 170 boys in the UK were given Aras or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #763 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 735th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Aras in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 47 | #790 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 43 | #832 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 40 | #860 |
| 2017 | 47 | #796 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
How popular is Aras in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Aras, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Aras in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 178 boys in the US were given Aras or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,063, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
- Aris 144
- Aras 34
Aras in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Aras
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Aarav Arham Yahya Musa Aahil Avyaan Ayan Zayan Arjan Advik Zayaan
Other spellings of Aras
Aris Aros
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