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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#236 · 1 in 1,217
- Massachusetts#336 · 1 in 2,432
- Illinois#375 · 1 in 2,505
- Arizona#417 · 1 in 2,494
- Florida#474 · 1 in 3,381
Best ever in a state: #11 in New Mexico, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #236 | 149 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Massachusetts | #336 | 13 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Illinois | #375 | 30 | 1 in 2,505 |
| Arizona | #417 | 8 | 1 in 2,494 |
| Florida | #474 | 16 | 1 in 3,381 |
| Oregon | #476 | 5 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Washington | #498 | 8 | 1 in 3,451 |
| New York | #514 | 27 | 1 in 3,753 |
| New Jersey | #520 | 9 | 1 in 4,141 |
| Texas | #637 | 25 | 1 in 4,949 |
| Michigan | #764 | 7 | 1 in 8,380 |
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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
- 26 spots since 2024 (#102 → #128)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#79 → #128)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#46 → #128)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1980 (#1,030 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1979 (#924 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2014 at #37 (5,504 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2001–2023
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1980–2025
- Highest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2014 were named Ariana (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 724 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 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.
Ariana in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 4,793 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 95.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 358,235 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 14.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,027 names at #6,262; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.