Ariah

#636 for girls in 2025, 457 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2016 · 1,046 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,675
since 1991

Ariah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ariah has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #310, 2016girls
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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#636457—
2024#585516#7,76510
2023#512593—
2022#461688#12,3305
2021#433728—
2020#400778#9,5547
2019#364869#8,2159
2018#343926#8,8198
2017#3231,011—
2016#3101,046#9,6647
2015#515608#8,7448
2014#692409#8,7818
2013#715388#8,7898
2012#814329—
2011#999252—
2010#988256—
2009#1,059241#10,9946
2008#1,137226—
2007#1,370176—
2006#1,324177—
2005#1,265177—
2004#1,614120—
2003#1,534126—
2002#1,82198—
2001#1,97886—
2000#1,99883—
1999#2,30764—
1998#2,08370—
1997#2,82043—
1996#3,42933—
1995#4,67721—
1994#3,44832—
1993#7,03812—
1992#6,00815—
1991#4,65021—
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five girls were named Ariah! It came in at #4,650, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.

Where Ariah is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedNHWashington: #833 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,478 girlsWAIdaho: #312 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,078 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #667 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,495 girlsMNIllinois: #635 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,252 girlsILWisconsin: #516 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,328 girlsWIMichigan: #459 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsMINew York: #573 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,946 girlsNYMassachusetts: #830 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,056 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedRIOregon: #419 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,692 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedSDIowa: #411 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsIAIndiana: #372 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsINOhio: #463 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,295 girlsOHPennsylvania: #516 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,514 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,183 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,432 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #531 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 2,892 girlsCAUtah: #339 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,370 girlsUTColorado: #339 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsCONebraska: #310 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsNEMissouri: #395 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,700 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #672 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,407 girlsVAMaryland: #307 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,268 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedDEArizona: #305 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedKSArkansas: #394 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,478 girlsARTennessee: #675 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #518 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,522 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #419 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,683 girlsOKLouisiana: #528 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsLAMississippi: #364 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,404 girlsMSAlabama: #548 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,459 girlsALGeorgia: #508 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,435 girlsGAHawaii: #224 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 682 girlsHITexas: #486 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 2,424 girlsTXFlorida: #448 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,262 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#224 · 1 in 682
  2. Arizona#305 · 1 in 1,344
  3. Maryland#307 · 1 in 1,268
  4. Nebraska#310 · 1 in 1,145
  5. Idaho#312 · 1 in 1,078

Best ever in a state: #111 in New Mexico, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#22451 in 682
Arizona#305231 in 1,344
Maryland#307191 in 1,268
Nebraska#31071 in 1,145
Idaho#31261 in 1,078
Colorado#339161 in 1,462
Utah#339131 in 1,370
Mississippi#36481 in 1,404
Indiana#372191 in 1,612
Arkansas#39481 in 1,478
Missouri#395161 in 1,700
Iowa#41181 in 1,613
Oklahoma#419101 in 1,683
Oregon#41991 in 1,692
Florida#448381 in 2,262
Michigan#459191 in 2,220
Ohio#463231 in 2,295
Texas#486701 in 2,424
Georgia#508201 in 2,435
Pennsylvania#516211 in 2,514
Wisconsin#516101 in 2,328
North Carolina#518181 in 2,522
Louisiana#52891 in 2,365
California#531711 in 2,892
Alabama#54881 in 2,459
New York#573311 in 2,946
Illinois#635181 in 3,252
Minnesota#66771 in 3,495
Virginia#672111 in 3,407
Tennessee#67591 in 3,462
Massachusetts#83051 in 5,056
Washington#83371 in 4,478
New Jersey#1,18351 in 7,432
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Ariah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#585 → #636)
  • 236 spots since 2020 (#400 → #636)
  • 121 spots since 2015 (#515 → #636)
  • Biggest jump: 205 spots in 2016 (#515 → #310)
  • Biggest drop: 73 spots in 2024 (#512 → #585)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2016 at #310 (1,046 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,694
  • Highest: 1 in 1,694 girls born in 2016 were named Ariah (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,517 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.2% of all girls named Ariah (6,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s311#2,083 (1998)#4,051
2000s1,510#1,059 (2009)#1,510
2010s6,094#310 (2016)#606
2020s3,760#400 (2020)#505

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.

Ariah in 2015

girls
#515
608 births · 1 in 2,936 girls
boys
#8,744
8 births · 1 in 239,593 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #515Ariah608

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #8,744Ariah8
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 2,936 of them was named Ariah, which outranked 97.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ariah
  1. #512Cassandra616
  2. #513Frances614
  3. #514Aileen609
  4. #515Ariah608
  5. #515Regina608
  6. #517Rosemary607
  7. #518Lennon606
  8. #518Rebekah606

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

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 239,593 of them was named Ariah, which outranked 37.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ariah
  1. #8,040Zymire9
  2. #8,040Zyquan9
  3. #8,040Zyren9
  4. #8,744Ariah8
  5. #8,744Aadon8
  6. #8,744Aashrith8
  7. #8,744Aban8
  8. #9,568Aadhyan7
  9. #9,568Aadrian7
  10. #9,568Aamari7

Tied with 823 names at #8,744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →