Ariel
#355 for girls in 2025, 851 births · #558 for boys in 2025, 533 births
Given to girls 78.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 5,411 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 78,697since 1892
Ariel over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #355 | 851 | #558 | 533 |
| 2024 | #300 | 1,055 | #509 | 598 |
| 2023 | #287 | 1,096 | #521 | 566 |
| 2022 | #236 | 1,295 | #569 | 519 |
| 2021 | #220 | 1,351 | #557 | 507 |
| 2020 | #199 | 1,472 | #565 | 497 |
| 2019 | #172 | 1,685 | #551 | 511 |
| 2018 | #154 | 1,832 | #584 | 470 |
| 2017 | #142 | 2,076 | #488 | 600 |
| 2016 | #140 | 2,199 | #499 | 601 |
| 2015 | #137 | 2,358 | #601 | 455 |
| 2014 | #132 | 2,445 | #743 | 319 |
| 2013 | #145 | 2,140 | #759 | 298 |
| 2012 | #181 | 1,742 | #769 | 296 |
| 2011 | #220 | 1,438 | #623 | 379 |
| 2010 | #213 | 1,462 | #602 | 413 |
| 2009 | #205 | 1,577 | #556 | 475 |
| 2008 | #217 | 1,553 | #568 | 455 |
| 2007 | #188 | 1,784 | #508 | 521 |
| 2006 | #202 | 1,734 | #468 | 573 |
| 2005 | #222 | 1,568 | #547 | 438 |
| 2004 | #219 | 1,546 | #553 | 416 |
| 2003 | #213 | 1,548 | #572 | 387 |
| 2002 | #215 | 1,548 | #514 | 441 |
| 2001 | #197 | 1,654 | #538 | 405 |
| 2000 | #184 | 1,753 | #548 | 384 |
| 1999 | #171 | 1,834 | #505 | 422 |
| 1998 | #147 | 2,150 | #474 | 467 |
| 1997 | #145 | 2,212 | #484 | 442 |
| 1996 | #163 | 1,924 | #462 | 469 |
| 1995 | #151 | 2,149 | #484 | 447 |
| 1994 | #145 | 2,187 | #480 | 444 |
| 1993 | #121 | 2,707 | #478 | 441 |
| 1992 | #87 | 3,961 | #472 | 456 |
| 1991 | #66 | 5,411 | #360 | 666 |
| 1990 | #94 | 3,607 | #482 | 408 |
| 1989 | #209 | 1,284 | #489 | 383 |
| 1988 | #277 | 911 | #493 | 345 |
| 1987 | #373 | 626 | #521 | 294 |
| 1986 | #364 | 653 | #509 | 299 |
| 1985 | #379 | 600 | #513 | 291 |
| 1984 | #362 | 636 | #504 | 281 |
| 1983 | #348 | 650 | #471 | 315 |
| 1982 | #394 | 584 | #497 | 294 |
| 1981 | #722 | 228 | #553 | 236 |
| 1980 | #853 | 181 | #554 | 239 |
| 1979 | #950 | 154 | #581 | 216 |
| 1978 | #895 | 162 | #561 | 223 |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 | #675 | 157 |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | #614 | 177 |
| 1975 | #1,625 | 60 | #616 | 175 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #647 | 155 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | #772 | 106 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #873 | 87 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | #884 | 83 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | #846 | 82 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #818 | 82 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #931 | 60 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Ariel! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ariel is popular in 1986
- 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
- Oregon#157 · 1 in 808
- District of Columbia#169 · 1 in 706
- Nevada#209 · 1 in 1,016
- New Mexico#218 · 1 in 1,053
- Washington#225 · 1 in 1,183
Best ever in a state: #20 in Hawaii, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #157 | 19 | 1 in 808 |
| District of Columbia | #169 | 8 | 1 in 706 |
| Nevada | #209 | 5 | 1 in 1,016 |
| New Mexico | #218 | 9 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Washington | #225 | 23 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Arkansas | #233 | 9 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Louisiana | #238 | 21 | 1 in 1,343 |
| New York | #251 | 69 | 1 in 1,572 |
| Maryland | #256 | 15 | 1 in 1,635 |
| Connecticut | #279 | 9 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Arizona | #281 | 15 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Utah | #281 | 9 | 1 in 1,552 |
| Massachusetts | #285 | 18 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Florida | #307 | 32 | 1 in 2,076 |
| Colorado | #319 | 11 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Virginia | #329 | 16 | 1 in 2,108 |
| New Jersey | #330 | 18 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Kentucky | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,619 |
| North Carolina | #359 | 14 | 1 in 2,540 |
| Illinois | #366 | 28 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Michigan | #368 | 20 | 1 in 2,826 |
| Ohio | #375 | 23 | 1 in 2,954 |
| Missouri | #377 | 11 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Georgia | #378 | 14 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Mississippi | #392 | 6 | 1 in 2,292 |
| California | #394 | 88 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Iowa | #399 | 5 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Indiana | #405 | 10 | 1 in 3,286 |
| South Carolina | #437 | 6 | 1 in 2,952 |
| Minnesota | #453 | 7 | 1 in 3,953 |
| Wisconsin | #456 | 7 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Pennsylvania | #478 | 17 | 1 in 4,043 |
| Alabama | #493 | 6 | 1 in 3,557 |
| Texas | #497 | 39 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 55 spots since 2024 (#300 → #355)
- 156 spots since 2020 (#199 → #355)
- 218 spots since 2015 (#137 → #355)
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1982 (#722 → #394)
- Biggest drop: 55 spots in 1979 (#895 → #950)
Rise & fade · girls
99 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1991 at #66 (5,411 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1990–1992
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 347
- Highest: 1 in 347 girls born in 1991 were named Ariel (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,889 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.8% of all girls named Ariel (28,142) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,450 (1892) | #1,510 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,613 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,241 (1911) | #1,909 |
| 1920s | 129 | #1,816 (1920) | #2,747 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,521 (1936) | #3,163 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,251 (1943) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 63 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,504 |
| 1960s | 139 | #2,350 (1969) | #3,555 |
| 1970s | 717 | #895 (1978) | #1,759 |
| 1980s | 6,353 | #209 (1989) | #428 |
| 1990s | 28,142 | #66 (1991) | #129 |
| 2000s | 16,265 | #184 (2000) | #206 |
| 2010s | 19,377 | #132 (2014) | #164 |
| 2020s | 7,120 | #199 (2020) | #266 |
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.
Ariel in 1986
girls
#364
653 births · 1 in 2,627 girls
boys
#509
299 births · 1 in 6,159 boys
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,627 of them was named Ariel, which outranked 97.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Ariel
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 6,159 of them was named Ariel, which outranked 93.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).