Ariam

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Peak · girls
#4,090
2021 · 35 births
Debut · girls
1991
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
493
since 1991

Ariam over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat 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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2025#5,09925#8,2439
2024#6,16719#8,3129
2023#4,99926#7,73810
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2021#4,09035#9,7147
2020#4,54829#9,5547
2019#5,16325#12,1455
2018#4,45831#9,6707
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2016#4,85028—
2015#6,72118#10,6446
2014#5,31025—
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2012#13,4837—
2011#8,19614#12,2875
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2009#12,4298—
2008#15,4056—
2007#8,09815#10,9216
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five girls were named Ariam! It came in at #11,509, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1994–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ariam is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedHITexas: #2,921 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 26,757 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ariam, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757

Best ever in a state: #2,256 in Texas, 2020.

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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 Ariam
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,068 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #5,099)
  • 551 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #5,099)
  • 1,622 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #5,099)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2021 at #4,090 (35 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 46,882
  • Highest: 1 in 46,882 girls born in 2021 were named Ariam (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.8% of all girls named Ariam (211) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s25#8,719 (1993)#11,989
2000s94#7,891 (2005)#11,243
2010s211#4,384 (2017)#6,826
2020s163#4,090 (2021)#4,929

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.

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