Ara
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Ara
Ara is a unique boys' name 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.
Ara for girls#3255 US
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.
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.
Pronounced AHR-uh.
As of October 2026, Ara ranked #7714 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1041 in 1893.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #3,278 | 49 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #3,304 | 49 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #3,105 | 53 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,747 | 62 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,751 | 62 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #3,004 | 54 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,932 | 55 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,387 | 75 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,364 | 78 |
| 2023 | #4,890 | 20 | #3,140 | 52 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,116 | 51 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #3,255 | 48 |
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