NameTides

Aras

Aras was the #3,379 boys' name in the US in 2025 (34 babies), and #735 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Aras as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Aras as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Aras as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,379 (34)#735 (47)#762 (3)#2,269 (8)
2024#3,104 (39)#773 (44)#727 (3)#3,072 (5)
2023#3,802 (29)#965 (31)—#1,687 (11)
2022#4,303 (24)#967 (31)—#2,493 (6)
2021#3,814 (28)#790 (41)—#1,898 (9)
2020#4,275 (23)#856 (34)—#2,746 (5)
2019#4,003 (26)#894 (33)—#2,189 (7)
2018#3,891 (27)#821 (38)—#1,682 (10)
2017#4,594 (21)#743 (46)—#2,198 (7)
2016#4,776 (20)#1,123 (25)#592 (4)#2,718 (5)
2015#4,295 (23)#1,279 (20)—#1,681 (10)
2014#3,891 (26)#959 (30)——
2013#7,537 (10)#1,086 (24)——
2012#6,306 (13)#1,367 (18)——
2011#9,600 (7)#1,045 (25)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #3,104.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aras is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 56,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aras by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,191FL
Aras (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArasCanadaBoys#2,2698
ArasEngland & WalesBoys#73547
ArasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ArasScotlandBoys#7623
ArasUSBoys#3,37934