first name
ARI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,038 people named Ari, 59% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.8% as Black. 74.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ari peaked in 2022, when 1,752 babies got the name.
At least 28,254 babies have been given the name since 1958. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ari by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #443. The largest share of babies named Ari, 59.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ari is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ari has been most common in District of Columbia (1.9×), Nevada (1.9×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Arkansas (0.15×).
24,204 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ari
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ari, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ari ranks #64,041 of 156,621, with 336 people. See Ari as a last name
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