Arati
Arati is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi.
- Hindi
- Marathi
Meaning & Origin of Arati
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arati is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
The Story of Arati
Arati first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 6 births, good for #9,237 nationwide. About 38% of every Arati on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Arati last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Arati
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Arati. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Arati
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About the name Arati
Arati is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Arati's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #9,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Arati'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.