Arian
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- #965 for boys in 2025, 238 births
- Given to boys 81.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 494 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,712since 1970
Arian over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #8,860 | 11 | #965 | 238 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #862 | 280 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #827 | 296 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #900 | 259 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #887 | 260 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #861 | 263 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #915 | 240 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #872 | 250 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | #843 | 262 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #750 | 324 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | #714 | 347 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | #678 | 373 |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | #538 | 494 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #652 | 365 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #924 | 217 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #1,195 | 150 |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | #1,191 | 151 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | #1,334 | 129 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #1,332 | 127 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #1,350 | 120 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 | #1,411 | 104 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | #1,491 | 90 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #1,282 | 110 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | #1,406 | 93 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #1,265 | 105 |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 | #1,300 | 99 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | #1,642 | 63 |
| 1997 | #2,695 | 46 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 | #1,782 | 49 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | #1,615 | 51 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #3,521 | 8 |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Arian! It came in at #3,521, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1973, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Arian 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
- Texas#566 · 1 in 3,126
- Florida#621 · 1 in 3,538
- Arizona#634 · 1 in 3,272
- New York#716 · 1 in 4,221
- California#719 · 1 in 4,743
Best ever in a state: #223 in Texas, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #566 | 56 | 1 in 3,126 |
| Florida | #621 | 27 | 1 in 3,538 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| New York | #716 | 20 | 1 in 4,221 |
| California | #719 | 37 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Georgia | #990 | 8 | 1 in 6,278 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
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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 Arian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 104 spots since 2020 (#861 → #965)
- Biggest jump: 272 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 2014
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2013 at #538 (494 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,829
- Highest: 1 in 3,829 boys born in 2013 were named Arian (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,177 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.0% of all boys named Arian (3,022) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2000
- Mostly girls until 1999, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 169 | #1,670 (1977) | #2,748 |
| 1980s | 301 | #1,651 (1983) | #1,960 |
| 1990s | 496 | #1,573 (1991) | #1,800 |
| 2000s | 1,128 | #1,191 (2009) | #1,336 |
| 2010s | 3,022 | #538 (2013) | #808 |
| 2020s | 1,596 | #827 (2023) | #884 |
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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