How rare is the name Aries?

4,172 people in the United States have the first name Aries, about 1 in 72,395. It ranks #4,464 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ARIES

#4,464

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,172
About
1 in 72,395
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,172 people named Aries, 27.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.3% as White and 25% as Black. 62.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aries peaked in 2025, when 503 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
503
In 2025*
503
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 7,165 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Aries by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,322. The largest share of babies named Aries, 60.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#6,096163
1980s#6,325203
1990s#3,766605
2000s#2,6231,398
2010s#2,0132,272
2020s#1,3222,524
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later60.8%

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 Aries is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aries has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), Arizona (2.6×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).

3,940 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 Aries

1 other first name also has 4,172 people.

#4,464 Sneha · 4,172

Either side of Aries

#4,460 Salena · 4,177#4,463 Rama · 4,175#4,464 Sneha · 4,172#4,466 Kamilah · 4,168

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,474 Aris · 4,157#5,365 Ares · 3,214#15,037 Arius · 772#21,143 Arias · 483#44,078 Ariez · 158

Also a last name

As a last name, Aries ranks #34,899 of 156,621, with 697 people. See Aries as a last name

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