Meaning"Mountain of Recognition" | Formal: "The Abode of Arafat"
OriginModernAmerican / InventedVariant
GenderMale
Syllables3
NumerologyLife Path 2
US Rank (today)#8115
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Origin & history of Arafat
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ModernAmerican / InventedVariant roots
Arafat comes from the ModernAmerican / InventedVariant tradition, meaning "Mountain of Recognition" | Formal: "The Abode of Arafat".
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How popular is Arafat?
2011peak year
Today, Arafat is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8115), with only about 10 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2011, 13 babies were given the name (ranked #6278 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Arafat's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 179 babies have been registered as Arafat since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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