How Many People Are Named Arash?
people named Arash are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 366,328 people in the US has this name
Based on 973 babies named Arash in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means either "truthfulness" or "bright" in Persian. In Persian legend Arash was a Persian archer who was ordered by the Turans to shoot an arrow, the landing place of which would determine the new location of the Persian-Turan border. Arash climbed a mountain and fired his arrow with such strength that it flew for several hours and landed on the banks of the far-away Oxus River.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Arash in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arash alive today is about 30 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arash first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1982, to 41 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arash has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,514, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,866.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,866 |
| Best rank | #1,514 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,818 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arash alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arash were born in California than in any other state: about 300 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arash was given about 6.9 times as often in California.
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