Given name & surname
Arash
Arash is a masculine given name from Persian. It is used in French.
Original Persianآرش
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arash through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 973
- 973 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,867 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,867 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1982. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,387 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arash’s family of names
In French usage, Arash has a conventional equivalent in the Persian form آرش.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arash
- Arash BorhaniIranian footballer and football coachborn 1983
- Arash AfshinIranian footballerborn 1989
- Arash DerambarshPolitical activistborn 1979
- Arash HejaziIranian writerborn 1971
- Arash RahmanipourMember of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (1990–2010)
- Arash FerdowsiAmerican businessmanborn 1985
- Arash T. RiahiAustrian film director, screenwriter and film producer of Iranian originborn 1972
- Arash SaeidiFrench politician (born 1975)
- Arash RezavandIranian footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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