Aries
#2,153 for girls in 2025, 86 births · #661 for boys in 2025, 417 births
Given to boys 66.4% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #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 |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#375 · 1 in 1,676
- Indiana#550 · 1 in 3,234
- Wisconsin#677 · 1 in 4,487
- Arizona#720 · 1 in 5,149
- Pennsylvania#852 · 1 in 7,404
Best ever in a state: #325 in New Mexico, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #375 | 5 | 1 in 1,676 |
| Indiana | #550 | 11 | 1 in 3,234 |
| Wisconsin | #677 | 6 | 1 in 4,487 |
| Arizona | #720 | 7 | 1 in 5,149 |
| Pennsylvania | #852 | 8 | 1 in 7,404 |
| Illinois | #855 | 10 | 1 in 6,417 |
| Ohio | #962 | 7 | 1 in 8,474 |
| California | #968 | 23 | 1 in 9,725 |
| Texas | #978 | 21 | 1 in 8,820 |
| New York | #1,579 | 6 | 1 in 16,666 |
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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
- 39 spots since 2024 (#700 → #661)
- 225 spots since 2020 (#886 → #661)
- 529 spots since 2015 (#1,190 → #661)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 2018 (#1,090 → #942)
- Biggest drop: 27 spots in 2021 (#886 → #913)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #661 (417 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,096 boys born in 2025 were named Aries (0.02%)
- 40.1% of all boys named Aries (1,908) were born in this decade
- 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.
Aries in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 24,958 of them was named Aries, which outranked 86.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,502Nikita72
- #2,502Nyasia72
- #2,502Shyann72
- #2,517Aries71
- #2,517Alaiyah71
- #2,517Anasofia71
- #2,517Bryce71
- #2,539Anayeli70
- #2,539Baylie70
- #2,539Bobbi70
Tied with 21 names at #2,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,722 of them was named Aries, which outranked 92.2% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,102Forest178
- #1,102Stone178
- #1,102Zahir178
- #1,105Aries177
- #1,105Aksel177
- #1,105Cillian177
- #1,105Makhi177
- #1,110Ayan176
- #1,110Denzel176
- #1,110Haiden176
Tied with 4 names at #1,105; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.