# Ara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ara/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,866 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,301 / 3,565 (73% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 196, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Արա (Ara).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,932 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,045 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,650 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,278 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,304 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,105 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,750 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,752 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,006 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,933 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,387 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,365 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,144 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,125 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,255 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,539 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,199 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,570 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,718 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,531 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,381 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,308 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,732 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,568 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,246 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,127 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,361 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,895 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,217 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,714 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Ara

- Ara Malikian, Armenian musician
- Ara Ayvazyan, Armenian diplomat (born 1969)
- Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (1923-2017)
- Ara Papian, Armenian diplomat
- Ara Hakobyan, Armenian association football player
- Ara Khachatryan, Armenian weightlifter
- Ara Dinkjian, Armenian-American musician
- Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian musician, composer and musical producer
- Ara Darzi, British surgeon
- Ara Abramyan, businessman
- Ara Babloyan, Armenian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.