Ariana
- #128 for girls in 2025, 2,219 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,300
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 5,504 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 120,380since 1957
Ariana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #128 | 2,219 | — | |
| 2024 | #102 | 2,581 | — | |
| 2023 | #97 | 2,720 | — | |
| 2022 | #90 | 2,854 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #88 | 2,983 | — | |
| 2020 | #79 | 3,175 | — | |
| 2019 | #69 | 3,684 | — | |
| 2018 | #68 | 3,739 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #67 | 3,890 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #54 | 4,609 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #46 | 4,973 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #37 | 5,504 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #54 | 4,422 | — | |
| 2012 | #74 | 3,588 | — | |
| 2011 | #84 | 3,456 | — | |
| 2010 | #84 | 3,477 | — | |
| 2009 | #82 | 3,701 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #81 | 3,916 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #73 | 4,326 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #78 | 4,234 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #82 | 3,981 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #79 | 3,996 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #85 | 3,834 | — | |
| 2002 | #93 | 3,492 | — | |
| 2001 | #92 | 3,377 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #109 | 3,153 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #130 | 2,529 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #137 | 2,424 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #138 | 2,319 | — | |
| 1996 | #156 | 2,044 | — | |
| 1995 | #163 | 1,948 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #166 | 1,874 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #190 | 1,534 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #207 | 1,371 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #192 | 1,562 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #228 | 1,259 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #278 | 967 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #377 | 638 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #429 | 523 | — | |
| 1986 | #502 | 419 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #539 | 369 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #529 | 363 | — | |
| 1983 | #509 | 380 | — | |
| 1982 | #532 | 367 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #540 | 348 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #597 | 311 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,030 | 136 | — | |
| 1978 | #924 | 153 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,788 | 48 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,754 | 51 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Ariana! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ariana 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 · girls
- Maryland#65 · 1 in 363
- California#67 · 1 in 394
- New Mexico#69 · 1 in 275
- Texas#74 · 1 in 474
- Nevada#78 · 1 in 341
Best ever in a state: #11 in New Mexico, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #65 | 55 | 1 in 363 |
| California | #67 | 410 | 1 in 394 |
| New Mexico | #69 | 17 | 1 in 275 |
| Texas | #74 | 339 | 1 in 474 |
| Nevada | #78 | 27 | 1 in 341 |
| New Jersey | #88 | 80 | 1 in 444 |
| Florida | #107 | 157 | 1 in 553 |
| New York | #111 | 137 | 1 in 572 |
| Arizona | #112 | 56 | 1 in 504 |
| Mississippi | #124 | 19 | 1 in 468 |
| Virginia | #125 | 59 | 1 in 572 |
| Oregon | #128 | 26 | 1 in 502 |
| South Carolina | #130 | 34 | 1 in 538 |
| Washington | #138 | 50 | 1 in 577 |
| Colorado | #147 | 39 | 1 in 598 |
| Illinois | #151 | 65 | 1 in 682 |
| Massachusetts | #153 | 37 | 1 in 649 |
| Georgia | #162 | 62 | 1 in 729 |
| Kansas | #163 | 20 | 1 in 590 |
| Oklahoma | #166 | 23 | 1 in 643 |
| Delaware | #167 | 5 | 1 in 451 |
| North Carolina | #171 | 60 | 1 in 775 |
| Nebraska | #182 | 12 | 1 in 591 |
| Wisconsin | #190 | 29 | 1 in 699 |
| Connecticut | #192 | 17 | 1 in 677 |
| Tennessee | #194 | 39 | 1 in 822 |
| Indiana | #197 | 35 | 1 in 797 |
| Kentucky | #203 | 23 | 1 in 750 |
| Utah | #212 | 22 | 1 in 776 |
| Pennsylvania | #215 | 52 | 1 in 898 |
| Michigan | #228 | 39 | 1 in 916 |
| Minnesota | #250 | 22 | 1 in 976 |
| Louisiana | #254 | 17 | 1 in 963 |
| Alabama | #266 | 18 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Iowa | #275 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Ohio | #280 | 39 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Missouri | #289 | 21 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Idaho | #308 | 7 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Arkansas | #376 | 8 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Ariana
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 49 spots since 2020 (#79 → #128)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1980
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1979
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2014 at #37 (5,504 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2001–2023
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1980–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 325
- Highest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2014 were named Ariana (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 724 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 34.3% of all girls named Ariana (41,342) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,086 (1957) | #6,086 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,947 (1967) | #3,685 |
| 1970s | 788 | #924 (1978) | #1,490 |
| 1980s | 4,685 | #278 (1989) | #483 |
| 1990s | 18,864 | #130 (1999) | #171 |
| 2000s | 38,010 | #73 (2007) | #85 |
| 2010s | 41,342 | #37 (2014) | #64 |
| 2020s | 16,532 | #79 (2020) | #97 |
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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