How rare is the name Ariya?

3,639 people in the United States have the first name Ariya, about 1 in 82,998. It ranks #4,907 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARIYA

#4,907

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,639
About
1 in 82,998
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,639 people named Ariya, 30.1% reported their origin as White, 21% as Black and 18.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ariya peaked in 2019, when 599 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
599
In 2025*
476 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,400 babies have been given the name since 1991. 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.

Ariya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,103. The largest share of babies named Ariya, 84.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#17,32860
2000s#4,873578
2010s#1,4773,519
2020s#1,1033,243
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–1215.4%
2013 and later84.3%

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 Ariya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ariya has been most common in Nevada (3×), Florida (2.3×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in Kentucky (0.37×).

6,171 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 Ariya

2 other first names also have 3,639 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

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