Aras

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aras: Recorded every year since 2008, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#2775
2009	#2318
2010	#1801
2011	#1045
2012	#1367
2013	#1086
2014	#959
2015	#1279
2016	#1123
2017	#743
2018	#821
2019	#894
2020	#856
2021	#790
2022	#967
2023	#965
2024	#773

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #773 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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

Aras 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 Aras in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	2 of 10	7
2010s	271	10 of 10	27
2020sbusiest	181	5 of 10	36

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 36 births a year.

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

Aras 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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Aras'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	male	#773	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#743	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 16 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.

Aran · #149, 43y
Araoluwa · #1575, 12y
Arash · #1506, 26y
Arav · #718, 22y

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.

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Cash · #727, 20y
Cici · #727, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Cass · #727, 19y
Cici · #727, 13y

Aras was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Aras 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 Aras without appearing here.

Aras moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #4678.
Madison Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1045 and #2892.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1367 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1086 and #2660.
Andrea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2775 and #2507 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #3332.

Moved the opposite way to Aras

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 while Aaron went from #55 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 while Alex went from #47 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 while Alexander went from #19 to #36.

Moved the same way as Aras

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 and Aksel from #3158 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 and Albie from #341 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 and Archie from #31 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aras went from #2775 to #773 and Arlo from #567 to #15.

What's not yet available

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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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aras

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aras by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Aras at a glance

Aras by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Aras moved ahead of

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