boys:
939 births since 1972
#3652 (20th percentile)
overall:
939 births since 1972
#6800 (12th percentile)
The name Arash is the #6,800 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 939 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 12.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,652 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 939 births since 1972.
Arash first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for boys in 1972).
For boys, Arash reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #655) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 22 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arash ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 42.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arash".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Arash. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.3% confident that Arash is pronounced as AH-rash, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-RASH, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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