Aries
- #2,153 for girls in 2025, 86 births
- #661 for boys in 2025, 417 births
- Given to boys 66.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 417 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,755since 1970
Aries over time
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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 | #2,153 | 86 | #661 | 417 |
| 2024 | #1,779 | 113 | #700 | 385 |
| 2023 | #1,850 | 108 | #782 | 323 |
| 2022 | #1,961 | 100 | #867 | 277 |
| 2021 | #1,801 | 112 | #913 | 251 |
| 2020 | #1,959 | 97 | #886 | 255 |
| 2019 | #1,716 | 121 | #930 | 234 |
| 2018 | #2,159 | 87 | #942 | 222 |
| 2017 | #2,129 | 90 | #1,090 | 179 |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | #1,105 | 177 |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | #1,190 | 155 |
| 2014 | #2,535 | 70 | #1,163 | 162 |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 | #1,285 | 135 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #1,498 | 107 |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | #1,577 | 98 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #1,697 | 90 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 63 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2008 | #2,995 | 58 | #1,613 | 97 |
| 2007 | #2,394 | 79 | #1,811 | 80 |
| 2006 | #2,396 | 78 | #1,769 | 78 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 | #1,535 | 92 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | #1,701 | 75 |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | #1,538 | 83 |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | #1,708 | 68 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #1,400 | 89 |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 | #1,681 | 68 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 | #1,604 | 67 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #2,898 | 15 |
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| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Aries! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Aries 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
- Nevada#389 · 1 in 1,613
- Pennsylvania#458 · 1 in 2,375
- Arizona#463 · 1 in 2,182
- Colorado#468 · 1 in 2,238
- Ohio#470 · 1 in 2,388
Best ever in a state: #325 in New Mexico, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Pennsylvania | #458 | 22 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Arizona | #463 | 15 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Colorado | #468 | 12 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Florida | #543 | 32 | 1 in 2,985 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Indiana | #621 | 10 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Texas | #632 | 48 | 1 in 3,647 |
| Missouri | #648 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| California | #667 | 41 | 1 in 4,280 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| New York | #798 | 17 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
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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 Aries
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 225 spots since 2020 (#886 → #661)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 2018
- Biggest drop: 27 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #661 (417 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,096
- Highest: 1 in 4,096 boys born in 2025 were named Aries (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 40.1% of all boys named Aries (1,908) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 103 | #2,450 (1975) | #3,544 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,898 (1981) | #4,197 |
| 1990s | 268 | #1,604 (1999) | #3,209 |
| 2000s | 820 | #1,400 (2001) | #1,647 |
| 2010s | 1,559 | #930 (2019) | #1,248 |
| 2020s | 1,908 | #661 (2025) | #802 |
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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