The name Ara is a girl's name of Arabic, Armenian origin meaning "king".

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Simple and yet distinctive, Ara is a mythological name of a famously handsome king. Although it originated as a boys' name, in the contemporary US, it's now much more commonly used for girls.
<br/><br/>Ara was one of the many vowel-heavy two-syllable names popular at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth--it went as high as Number 481 in 1884. It's also used as a nickname for Arabella.

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The name Ara peaked for girls at #481 in 1884. The name is most popular in Nevada, Arizona, and Washington. Ara is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

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The name Ara is a boy's name of Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian origin meaning "king".

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Ara is a <a href="https://nameberry.com/boys-names">unique boys' name</a> that  one of the most melodious in the Armenian name pool, familiarized by Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian.  In Armenian mythology, Ara was a king so handsome that a rival queen went to war in order to make him her own.  The name Ara is also known in the Arabic and Hebrew cultures.

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The name Ara peaked for boys at #1041 in 1893. The name is most popular in California, California, and California. Ara is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#3,278	49	27.4
2015	#3,304	49	27.4
2016	#3,105	53	29.9
2017	#2,747	62	35.9
2018	#2,751	62	36.4
2019	#3,004	54	32.2
2020	#2,932	55	34
2021	#2,387	75	45.7
2022	#2,364	78	47.6
2023	#3,140	52	32.4
2024	#3,116	51	31.5
2025	#3,255	48	29.9

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