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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Arah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Arah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Arah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Arah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Arah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Arah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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