Arath
Masculine
Arath is used in Mexico and is genuinely unexplained — the readings offered for it are guesses rather than records.
How old is the name Arath?
Arath first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Arath alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 1,100 people named Arath are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arath most popular?
Arath peaked in 2002, reaching #1236 nationally. Today it ranks #4539, 3,303 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Arath
Ours, offered as ours. Some names arrive without a paper trail and stay that way, and the honest position is to say so rather than reach for the nearest similar-sounding word in an ancient language. Arath is one of those. It came into Mexican use recently, it spread quickly, and nobody has produced evidence for where it came from. A name can be well loved and well used without an etymology, and this one is.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. Suggestions connecting it to Ararat, to Hebrew, or to Greek circulate widely without documentation. It appears in Mexican records from the 1980s and its origin has not been traced.
Pronouncing Arath
AH-raht
Two syllables, first stressed. The final th is a plain t in Spanish.
Nicknames for Arath
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1996
- Most boys named
- 2002110 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1236reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- −47.6%22 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arath in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arath in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Araths among us
people named Arath are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was named Arath
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Amber test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arath's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amber climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amber's path sketches the road Arath is walking now.
Arath sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Arath beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arath in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Genuine and substantial Mexican use behind it.
- The th ending keeps it distinct on any list.
- There is no documented meaning and the popular ones are unsupported.
- English speakers will sound the th, which Spanish does not.
- It is unfamiliar outside Mexican communities in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Araths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Arath are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arath in 2025?
- Arath ranks #4539 among US boy names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arath?
- About 1 in every 77,640 US boys born in 2025 was named Arath — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arath with classmates?
- Arath will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Arath
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