Ara

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ara: Recorded since 2003, it reached #397 in 2020, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#397highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#2705
2017	#3229
2018	#2674
2019	#2286
2020	#2449
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#3218
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2020: #397 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2449 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ara appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 17 ranked years and 85 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2003.

Ara across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ara's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#2286 (2019)	#3318 (2024)	14 of 22	97 (2003–2024)	11 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#2418 (2005)	#2023 (2007)	#3688 (2024)	17 of 20	85 (2005–2024)	9 (2007)

Ara by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ara in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	25	4 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	41	9 of 10	5
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Ara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #397, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Arabella-Rose · #638, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amelia-Grace · #397, 20y
Domantas · #397, 17y
Liadan · #397, 20y
Maisie-Mae · #397, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amelia-Grace · #397, 20y
Ayva · #397, 20y
Domantas · #397, 17y
Gabrielius · #397, 20y

Ara was ranked #397 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ara without appearing here.

Ara moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Ara

Anders Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3334 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2529.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Ara

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 while Albie went from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 while Alfred went from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 while Archie went from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 while Arlo went from #766 to #15.

Moved the same way as Ara

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 and Aaron from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 and Alan from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 and Alex from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ara went from #2418 to #3688 and Alexander from #22 to #36.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ara

Ara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ara across 2 official records

Ara by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ara appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Ara

Ara and the names beside it

Ara moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ara

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Ara at a glance

Ara across 2 official records

Ara by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ara appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Ara

Ara and the names beside it

Ara moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ara

Moved the opposite way to Ara

Moved the same way as Ara