Ariah

Where Ariah comes from

From Hebrew אַרְיֵה (“God has promised. Also, lion of God”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ariah
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1991
    First appearance
    #4,650 among girls, 21 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2016
    Peak, #310
    1,046 babies named Ariah — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #585.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

No widely known Ariah turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.