How rare is the name Ariane?

4,294 people in the United States have the first name Ariane, about 1 in 70,338. It ranks #4,380 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

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#4,380

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,294
About
1 in 70,338
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,294 people named Ariane, 44.5% reported their origin as White, 25.7% as Black and 15.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ariane peaked in 1978, when 164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1978
Births that year
164
In 2025*
18 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,782 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.

Ariane by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,128. The largest share of babies named Ariane, 39.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,96152
1960s#4,708176
1970s#3,025487
1980s#2,1281,044
1990s#3,301728
2000s#6,205403
2010s#4,233762
2020s#9,763130
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–8019.1%
Millennials 1981–9639.3%
Generation Z 1997–1217.9%
2013 and later20.7%

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 Ariane is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ariane has been most common in Louisiana (6.4×), California (2.9×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Michigan (0.65×).

1,659 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.

Exactly as common as Ariane

2 other first names also have 4,294 people.

#4,380 Dat · 4,294#4,380 Nedra · 4,294

Either side of Ariane

#4,377 Keyon · 4,297#4,379 Kolten · 4,296#4,380 Dat · 4,294#4,380 Nedra · 4,294

Spelled almost the same

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

#567 Ariana · 95,572#3,203 Arian · 6,730#4,443 Arianne · 4,201#20,240 Ariani · 512#21,612 Ariany · 468#22,077 Ariann · 454#43,502 Ariene · 162#47,514 Arine · 137

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