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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#179 · 1 in 1,002
- District of Columbia#241 · 1 in 1,032
- New Mexico#254 · 1 in 1,165
- Connecticut#259 · 1 in 1,705
- New York#270 · 1 in 1,677
Best ever in a state: #11 in New Mexico, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #179 | 228 | 1 in 1,002 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| New Mexico | #254 | 8 | 1 in 1,165 |
| Connecticut | #259 | 11 | 1 in 1,705 |
| New York | #270 | 68 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Massachusetts | #276 | 21 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Arizona | #277 | 17 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Maryland | #325 | 12 | 1 in 2,164 |
| Illinois | #336 | 33 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Colorado | #339 | 10 | 1 in 2,086 |
| Oregon | #363 | 7 | 1 in 2,241 |
| Florida | #379 | 29 | 1 in 2,515 |
| Washington | #393 | 11 | 1 in 2,537 |
| New Jersey | #400 | 16 | 1 in 2,831 |
| Texas | #426 | 47 | 1 in 2,730 |
| Wisconsin | #429 | 8 | 1 in 3,582 |
| Minnesota | #467 | 7 | 1 in 3,943 |
| Ohio | #538 | 14 | 1 in 4,902 |
| Michigan | #543 | 12 | 1 in 4,786 |
| Pennsylvania | #648 | 11 | 1 in 6,356 |
| Indiana | #704 | 5 | 1 in 6,785 |
| Virginia | #741 | 5 | 1 in 7,176 |
| North Carolina | #796 | 5 | 1 in 7,668 |
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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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,791 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 97.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 382,857 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,225 names at #7,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.