first name
ARIEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 87,270 people named Ariel, 38.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 35.1% as White and 16.6% as Black. 70.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ariel peaked in 1991, when 6,077 babies got the name.
At least 100,665 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Ariel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #219. The largest share of babies named Ariel, 34%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Ariel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ariel has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Arizona (2×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in North Dakota (0.22×).
95,744 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 Ariel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ariel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ariel ranks #42,112 of 156,621, with 555 people. See Ariel as a last name
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