Arata
Arata is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Arata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arata is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Arata
The earliest SSA record of Arata as a baby boy name dates back to 2004, when 6 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Arata — #7,024 in the national rankings. About 85% of every Arata on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Arata last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Arata
Arata is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Arata's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #7,024. Use the chart and map above to compare Arata's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.