Aerial

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #7,271
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,270
1991 · 132 births
Debut · girls
1981
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,001
since 1981

Aerial over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aerial has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #1,270, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#11,9327—
2024#8,94611—
2023#12,1977—
2022#8,54212—
2021#5,74821—
2020#6,92316—
2019#6,41418—
2018#4,88927—
2017#6,80817—
2016#6,40119—
2015#4,06936—
2014#3,27249—
2013#4,00237—
2012#4,38733—
2011#5,20726—
2010#4,73530—
2009#4,67731—
2008#3,93640—
2007#4,13137—
2006#3,17652—
2005#3,40444—
2004#3,89836—
2003#2,99950—
2002#2,88851—
2001#2,74054—
2000#2,48061—
1999#2,09573—
1998#1,94078—
1997#1,86479—
1996#1,70289—
1995#1,76182—
1994#1,72885—
1993#1,98570—
1992#1,56599—
1991#1,270132#7,2716
1990#1,73384—
1989#2,16956—
1988#2,05157—
1987#2,61238—
1986#2,90332—
1985#3,08429—
1984#2,73033—
1983#2,97528—
1982#3,01729—
1981#9,1106—
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five girls were named Aerial! It came in at #9,110, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Aerial is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,601 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 41,540 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Aerial, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,601 · 1 in 41,540

Best ever in a state: #280 in Mississippi, 1992.

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See more about Aerial
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,986 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #11,932)
  • 5,009 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #11,932)
  • 7,863 spots since 2015 (#4,069 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,270 (132 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,205
  • Highest: 1 in 14,205 girls born in 1991 were named Aerial (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 43.5% of all girls named Aerial (871) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s308#2,051 (1988)#3,406
1990s871#1,270 (1991)#1,764
2000s456#2,480 (2000)#3,433
2010s292#3,272 (2014)#5,018
2020s74#5,748 (2021)#9,048

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aerial in 1986

girls
#2,903
32 births · 1 in 53,611 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #2,903Aerial32
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 53,611 of them was named Aerial, which outranked 77.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aerial
  1. #2,845Tanja33
  2. #2,845Tessie33
  3. #2,845Valene33
  4. #2,903Aerial32
  5. #2,903Addison32
  6. #2,903Allen32
  7. #2,903Allisha32
  8. #2,973Adelaide31
  9. #2,973Alethea31
  10. #2,973Alica31

Tied with 69 names at #2,903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →