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
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 132 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,001since 1981
Aerial over time
Rank among girls' names. Aerial has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,702 | 89 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,728 | 85 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,565 | 99 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,270 | 132 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,169 | 56 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
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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 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#377 · 1 in 2,408
- Mississippi#459 · 1 in 2,692
- Missouri#565 · 1 in 4,640
- Alabama#579 · 1 in 4,414
- Tennessee#595 · 1 in 5,069
Best ever in a state: #280 in Mississippi, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #377 | 5 | 1 in 2,408 |
| Mississippi | #459 | 5 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Missouri | #565 | 7 | 1 in 4,640 |
| Alabama | #579 | 5 | 1 in 4,414 |
| Tennessee | #595 | 6 | 1 in 5,069 |
| Louisiana | #608 | 6 | 1 in 4,175 |
| Georgia | #668 | 8 | 1 in 5,232 |
| North Carolina | #750 | 6 | 1 in 6,642 |
| Ohio | #771 | 9 | 1 in 7,798 |
| Florida | #776 | 12 | 1 in 6,363 |
| Texas | #1,351 | 10 | 1 in 13,640 |
| Illinois | #1,433 | 5 | 1 in 15,507 |
| California | #2,850 | 6 | 1 in 43,588 |
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See more about Aerial
- 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)
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 1991 at #1,270 (132 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 43.5% of all girls named Aerial (871) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 308 | #2,051 (1988) | #3,406 |
| 1990s | 871 | #1,270 (1991) | #1,764 |
| 2000s | 456 | #2,480 (2000) | #3,433 |
| 2010s | 292 | #3,272 (2014) | #5,018 |
| 2020s | 74 | #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 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 14,205 of them was named Aerial, which outranked 91.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,263Mireya133
- #1,263Shanay133
- #1,263Violet133
- #1,270Aerial132
- #1,270Aubrie132
- #1,270Bailee132
- #1,270Brionna132
- #1,277Alondra131
- #1,277Bethanie131
- #1,277Charlie131
Tied with 6 names at #1,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 336,721 of them was named Aerial, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,519Zong7
- #6,519Zuri7
- #6,519Zvi7
- #7,271Aerial6
- #7,271Aaronjames6
- #7,271Abad6
- #7,271Abanoub6
- #8,236Aaran5
- #8,236Aarick5
- #8,236Abdo5
Tied with 964 names at #7,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.