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
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,592
since 1958

Ari over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022girlsat peakboysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#614476#393808
2024#535570#399807
2023#461666#342974
2022#434722#3281,030
2021#476658#343957
2020#482635#392787
2019#600505#371860
2018#719397#374870
2017#803341#398802
2016#967278#418751
2015#1,005268#402771
2014#1,118227#440689
2013#1,082228#420704
2012#1,322178#435637
2011#1,598135#508510
2010#1,611134#500517
2009#1,704130#525516
2008#1,966107#536495
2007#1,988103#556463
2006#2,39678#630375
2005#2,63664#710288
2004#2,37072#677297
2003#2,26075#666298
2002#2,67357#711249
2001#2,88150#711248
2000#4,64925#789207
1999#5,66118#790194
1998#5,12320#871166
1997#4,37024#810181
1996#3,83128#789184
1995#5,22118#833166
1994#3,44832#810170
1993#4,67121#856153
1992#4,23624#844156
1991#4,32923#827156
1990#4,38022#859141
1989#4,02024#923121
1988#5,89513#869119
1987#3,25728#870115
1986#4,96415#807125
1985#5,07714#792126
1984#6,8109#859105
1983#10,2755#693153
1982#4,71615#741140
1981#5,88511#813116
1980#4,97814#718147
1979#5,75111#682156
1978#5,95810#741130
1977#5,21312#767123
1976#5,60110#832101
1975#4,85412#811105
1974#6,9007#724128
1973#6,6667#745116
1972#7,2926#752111
1971#6,6197#637166
1970#7,0706#742123
1969#7,4715#79993
1968#99655
1967#1,07147
1966#1,17840
1965#1,09446
1964#1,32735
1963#1,37532
1962#5,2937#1,31135
1961#6,5675#1,07852
1960#1,40032
1959#2,29513
1958#2,8189
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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 2022

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedAKMaine: #185 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 579 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedNHWashington: #306 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,278 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #239 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 959 boysMNIllinois: #309 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,438 boysILWisconsin: #462 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,366 boysWIMichigan: #320 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,431 boysMINew York: #172 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 752 boysNYMassachusetts: #210 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 953 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedRIOregon: #221 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 804 boysORNevada: #291 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,056 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedSDIowa: #522 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,326 boysIAIndiana: #400 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,790 boysINOhio: #450 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,309 boysOHPennsylvania: #261 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,164 boysPANew Jersey: #234 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 993 boysNJConnecticut: #244 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,073 boysCTCalifornia: #289 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 1,361 boysCAUtah: #470 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,104 boysUTColorado: #240 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 909 boysCONebraska: #433 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,732 boysNEMissouri: #398 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,865 boysMOKentucky: #489 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,473 boysKYWest Virginia: #336 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,339 boysWVVirginia: #353 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,600 boysVAMaryland: #230 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 920 boysMDDelaware: #175 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 534 boysDEArizona: #411 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,813 boysAZNew Mexico: #313 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,110 boysNMKansas: #349 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,366 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedARTennessee: #568 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,992 boysTNNorth Carolina: #384 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,820 boysNCSouth Carolina: #411 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,864 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #96 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 309 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #816 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,264 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ari, so not publishedMSAlabama: #690 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,672 boysALGeorgia: #366 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,708 boysGAHawaii: #145 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 410 boysHITexas: #468 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 2,482 boysTXFlorida: #326 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 1,616 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#96 · 1 in 309
  2. Hawaii#145 · 1 in 410
  3. New York#172 · 1 in 752
  4. Delaware#175 · 1 in 534
  5. Maine#185 · 1 in 579

Best ever in a state: #81 in Vermont, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#96101 in 309
Hawaii#14581 in 410
New York#1721161 in 752
Delaware#17561 in 534
Maine#18571 in 579
Massachusetts#210291 in 953
Oregon#221191 in 804
Maryland#230271 in 920
New Jersey#234411 in 993
Minnesota#239261 in 959
Colorado#240281 in 909
Connecticut#244131 in 1,073
Pennsylvania#261461 in 1,164
California#2891391 in 1,361
Nevada#291111 in 1,056
Washington#306261 in 1,278
Illinois#309361 in 1,438
New Mexico#31361 in 1,110
Michigan#320291 in 1,431
Florida#326591 in 1,616
West Virginia#33651 in 1,339
Kansas#349101 in 1,366
Virginia#353241 in 1,600
Georgia#366301 in 1,708
North Carolina#384281 in 1,820
Missouri#398151 in 1,865
Indiana#400181 in 1,790
Arizona#411181 in 1,813
South Carolina#411111 in 1,864
Nebraska#43351 in 1,732
Ohio#450231 in 2,309
Wisconsin#462101 in 2,366
Texas#468721 in 2,482
Utah#47091 in 2,104
Kentucky#48981 in 2,473
Iowa#52261 in 2,326
Tennessee#568121 in 2,992
Alabama#69061 in 3,672
Louisiana#81651 in 4,264
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Montana
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North Dakota
Oklahoma
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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.

See more about Ari
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 (#996#799)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1984 (#693#859)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s22#2,295 (1959)#2,557
1960s467#799 (1969)#1,163
1970s1,259#637 (1971)#743
1980s1,267#693 (1983)#809
1990s1,667#789 (1996)#829
2000s3,436#525 (2009)#651
2010s7,111#371 (2019)#427
2020s5,363#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.

Ari in 2022

girls
#434
722 births · 1 in 2,272 girls
boys
#328
1,030 births · 1 in 1,695 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #434Ari722

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #328Ari1,030
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 2,272 of them was named Ari, which outranked 97.6% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ari
  1. #431Aylin727
  2. #432Scarlet725
  3. #433Sylvie724
  4. #434Ari722
  5. #434Maryam722
  6. #436Antonella721
  7. #437Mylah720
  8. #437Nadia720

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 698Wrenlee#1,410#712
  2. 686Neriah#1,680#994
  3. 487Arlet#1,229#742
  4. 424Georgina#1,304#880
  5. 413Amiri#1,293#880
Fallers
  1. 282Tatiana#992#1,274
  2. 245Alaiya#721#966
  3. 239Aarna#967#1,206
  4. 231Jaylene#975#1,206
  5. 227Aviana#521#748

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

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 1,695 of them was named Ari, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ari
  1. #325Reid1,040
  2. #326Milan1,038
  3. #327Leonel1,032
  4. #328Ari1,030
  5. #329Joaquin1,029
  6. #330Gideon1,027
  7. #331Odin1,023
Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 988Dutton#1,823#835
  2. 489Kayce#1,076#587
  3. 412Chosen#1,307#895
  4. 396Khaza#1,230#834
  5. 348Eithan#849#501
Fallers
  1. 324Jacoby#885#1,209
  2. 243Turner#937#1,180
  3. 233Aydin#897#1,130
  4. 218Juelz#991#1,209
  5. 216Jamal#868#1,084

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

See the top 100 for 2022