How rare is the name Aris?

4,157 people in the United States have the first name Aris, about 1 in 72,656. It ranks #4,474 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARIS

#4,474

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,157
About
1 in 72,656
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,157 people named Aris, 36.8% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.2% as Black. 62.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aris peaked in 2025, when 222 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
222
In 2025*
222
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,606 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Aris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,439. The largest share of babies named Aris, 41.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,65237
1920s#5,052109
1930s#7,53634
1940s#6,66655
1950s#5,777102
1960s#6,108111
1970s#5,370199
1980s#3,934404
1990s#3,908570
2000s#3,927793
2010s#3,2581,142
2020s#2,4391,050
Greatest Generation 1901–272.8%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–643.9%
Generation X 1965–806%
Millennials 1981–9616.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.7%
2013 and later41.8%

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 Aris is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aris has been most common in California (4.2×), Texas (2.3×), and New York (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.45×).

1,380 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 Aris

2 other first names also have 4,157 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Aris ranks #28,606 of 156,621, with 886 people. See Aris as a last name

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