Aras vs Essa
Aras and Essacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2024, Aras was ranked #773 and Essa #773 among boys in England and Wales.
Aras and Essa over time
Aras and Essa appear together in 1 published list, across 17 years of shared records. Aras held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Essa in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Aras reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Essa in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Aras and Essa changed places 10 times in England and Wales · Boys between 2008 and 2024, ending at #773 and #773.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys17 shared years, 2008–2024
Aras held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Essa in 7.
Highest recorded here: Aras #743 in 2017, Essa #773 in 2024.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Aras #773, Essa #773.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Aras | Essa |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | Scotland · Boys #727 (2024) | England and Wales · Boys #773 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Aras and Essa both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Aras
Popularity journey
First recorded2008
First recorded at #2775 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #773 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Essa
Popularity journey
First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #773 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #773 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys