Ari
- #614 for girls in 2025, 476 births
- #393 for boys in 2025, 808 births
- Given to boys 72.9% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 1,030 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,592since 1958
Ari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #614 | 476 | #393 | 808 |
| 2024 | #535 | 570 | #399 | 807 |
| 2023 | #461 | 666 | #342 | 974 |
| 2022 | #434 | 722 | #328 | 1,030 |
| 2021 | #476 | 658 | #343 | 957 |
| 2020 | #482 | 635 | #392 | 787 |
| 2019 | #600 | 505 | #371 | 860 |
| 2018 | #719 | 397 | #374 | 870 |
| 2017 | #803 | 341 | #398 | 802 |
| 2016 | #967 | 278 | #418 | 751 |
| 2015 | #1,005 | 268 | #402 | 771 |
| 2014 | #1,118 | 227 | #440 | 689 |
| 2013 | #1,082 | 228 | #420 | 704 |
| 2012 | #1,322 | 178 | #435 | 637 |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 | #508 | 510 |
| 2010 | #1,611 | 134 | #500 | 517 |
| 2009 | #1,704 | 130 | #525 | 516 |
| 2008 | #1,966 | 107 | #536 | 495 |
| 2007 | #1,988 | 103 | #556 | 463 |
| 2006 | #2,396 | 78 | #630 | 375 |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 | #710 | 288 |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 | #677 | 297 |
| 2003 | #2,260 | 75 | #666 | 298 |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | #711 | 249 |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | #711 | 248 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #789 | 207 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #790 | 194 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #871 | 166 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #810 | 181 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | #789 | 184 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #833 | 166 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #810 | 170 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #856 | 153 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #844 | 156 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #827 | 156 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #859 | 141 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | #923 | 121 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #869 | 119 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #870 | 115 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #807 | 125 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #792 | 126 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #859 | 105 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #693 | 153 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #741 | 140 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #813 | 116 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #718 | 147 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #682 | 156 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #741 | 130 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #767 | 123 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #832 | 101 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #811 | 105 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #724 | 128 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #745 | 116 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #752 | 111 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #637 | 166 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #742 | 123 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #799 | 93 |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,094 | 46 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Ari! It came in at #2,818, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
Where Ari is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#97 · 1 in 281
- New York#159 · 1 in 704
- Connecticut#219 · 1 in 880
- New Jersey#231 · 1 in 970
- Maryland#268 · 1 in 1,145
Best ever in a state: #81 in Vermont, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #97 | 9 | 1 in 281 |
| New York | #159 | 120 | 1 in 704 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 15 | 1 in 880 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 41 | 1 in 970 |
| Maryland | #268 | 20 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Colorado | #293 | 22 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Florida | #294 | 65 | 1 in 1,470 |
| California | #297 | 124 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Massachusetts | #318 | 17 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Oregon | #326 | 12 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Pennsylvania | #342 | 32 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Illinois | #375 | 28 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Arizona | #392 | 19 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Virginia | #452 | 17 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Ohio | #455 | 23 | 1 in 2,284 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Georgia | #519 | 20 | 1 in 2,511 |
| Texas | #575 | 54 | 1 in 3,242 |
| Indiana | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| North Carolina | #775 | 11 | 1 in 4,679 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 6 spots since 2024 (#399 → #393)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#392 → #393)
- 9 spots since 2015 (#402 → #393)
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1969
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1984
Rise & fade · boys
64 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2022 at #328 (1,030 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1968–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,695
- Highest: 1 in 1,695 boys born in 2022 were named Ari (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,114 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.5% of all boys named Ari (7,111) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #2,295 (1959) | #2,557 |
| 1960s | 467 | #799 (1969) | #1,163 |
| 1970s | 1,259 | #637 (1971) | #743 |
| 1980s | 1,267 | #693 (1983) | #809 |
| 1990s | 1,667 | #789 (1996) | #829 |
| 2000s | 3,436 | #525 (2009) | #651 |
| 2010s | 7,111 | #371 (2019) | #427 |
| 2020s | 5,363 | #328 (2022) | #366 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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