How rare is the name Arian?

6,730 people in the United States have the first name Arian, about 1 in 44,878. It ranks #3,203 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARIAN

#3,203

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,730
About
1 in 44,878
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,730 people named Arian, 40.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.1% as White and 14% as Black. 77.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arian peaked in 2013, when 543 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
543
In 2025*
249 ▼54%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 8,290 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Arian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,532. The largest share of babies named Arian, 51.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#4,204290
1980s#3,415504
1990s#2,839914
2000s#2,4831,523
2010s#1,5323,357
2020s#1,7581,697
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–9612.8%
Generation Z 1997–1231.9%
2013 and later51.2%

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 Arian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arian has been most common in Texas (4.1×), Arizona (3.7×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Michigan (0.19×).

5,050 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.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arian, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Arian ranks #54,291 of 156,621, with 410 people. See Arian as a last name

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