How rare is the name Ariana?

95,572 people in the United States have the first name Ariana, about 1 in 3,160. It ranks #567 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARIANA

#567

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
95,572
About
1 in 3,160
This common or more
60.8%
Who bears it

Of the 95,572 people named Ariana, 54.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.5% as White and 10.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ariana peaked in 2014, when 5,514 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
5,514
In 2025*
2,219 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 120,580 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Ariana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #161. The largest share of babies named Ariana, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#5,073154
1970s#2,232788
1980s#8464,732
1990s#34218,913
2000s#19738,073
2010s#16141,374
2020s#24116,541
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–9613.3%
Generation Z 1997–1246.3%
2013 and later39.3%

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 Ariana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ariana has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), Arizona (2.5×), and California (2×), and least common in Vermont (0.22×).

118,975 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 Ariana

#565 Brooklyn · 96,523#566 Louise · 96,368#568 Josiah · 95,175#569 Nolan · 94,520

Spelled almost the same

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

#658 Arianna · 80,594#3,203 Arian · 6,730#3,636 Aryana · 5,617#4,380 Ariane · 4,294#6,723 Ariyana · 2,352#7,685 Arina · 1,960#8,858 Arriana · 1,609#15,579 Ariona · 736

Also a last name

As a last name, Ariana ranks #117,309 of 156,621, with 157 people. See Ariana as a last name

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