Arya
- #158 for girls in 2025, 1,858 births
- #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
- Given to girls 92.7% of the time
- Around 2011: Game of Thrones (TV)
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- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 3,051 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,536since 1986
Arya over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #158 | 1,858 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2024 | #161 | 1,867 | #2,393 | 58 |
| 2023 | #139 | 2,013 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #122 | 2,343 | #2,243 | 64 |
| 2021 | #120 | 2,331 | #2,652 | 48 |
| 2020 | #113 | 2,374 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #92 | 3,051 | #2,626 | 49 |
| 2018 | #119 | 2,556 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | #135 | 2,169 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #169 | 1,898 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #200 | 1,645 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2014 | #216 | 1,556 | #1,812 | 82 |
| 2013 | #278 | 1,139 | #1,851 | 77 |
| 2012 | #414 | 759 | #1,882 | 77 |
| 2011 | #715 | 387 | #1,468 | 111 |
| 2010 | #942 | 273 | #1,725 | 88 |
| 2009 | #1,077 | 237 | #1,472 | 113 |
| 2008 | #1,231 | 205 | #1,445 | 114 |
| 2007 | #1,239 | 200 | #1,509 | 105 |
| 2006 | #1,424 | 159 | #1,454 | 106 |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 113 | #1,648 | 82 |
| 2004 | #1,614 | 120 | #1,565 | 84 |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 | #1,497 | 86 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | #1,557 | 79 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #2,151 | 48 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | — | #2,468 | 22 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five girls were named Arya! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1989, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arya 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 · girls
- New Mexico#59 · 1 in 246
- Hawaii#78 · 1 in 238
- Maryland#90 · 1 in 434
- Florida#96 · 1 in 504
- California#106 · 1 in 588
Best ever in a state: #38 in District of Columbia, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #59 | 19 | 1 in 246 |
| Hawaii | #78 | 9 | 1 in 238 |
| Maryland | #90 | 46 | 1 in 434 |
| Florida | #96 | 172 | 1 in 504 |
| California | #106 | 275 | 1 in 588 |
| New York | #120 | 128 | 1 in 612 |
| Virginia | #121 | 60 | 1 in 562 |
| North Carolina | #127 | 78 | 1 in 596 |
| Massachusetts | #131 | 41 | 1 in 586 |
| Washington | #131 | 51 | 1 in 566 |
| Nevada | #141 | 17 | 1 in 541 |
| New Jersey | #143 | 54 | 1 in 657 |
| Texas | #148 | 214 | 1 in 750 |
| Arizona | #151 | 42 | 1 in 672 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 10 | 1 in 507 |
| Kentucky | #160 | 28 | 1 in 616 |
| Connecticut | #162 | 19 | 1 in 605 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 450 |
| Colorado | #166 | 35 | 1 in 666 |
| Delaware | #167 | 5 | 1 in 451 |
| Rhode Island | #180 | 5 | 1 in 490 |
| Pennsylvania | #187 | 60 | 1 in 778 |
| Oregon | #199 | 18 | 1 in 725 |
| Oklahoma | #206 | 19 | 1 in 778 |
| Georgia | #211 | 50 | 1 in 904 |
| Kansas | #212 | 15 | 1 in 787 |
| Illinois | #221 | 45 | 1 in 985 |
| Michigan | #223 | 40 | 1 in 893 |
| Missouri | #228 | 27 | 1 in 900 |
| Minnesota | #232 | 24 | 1 in 895 |
| South Carolina | #244 | 20 | 1 in 915 |
| Indiana | #258 | 27 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Ohio | #258 | 43 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Utah | #260 | 17 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Wisconsin | #265 | 20 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Mississippi | #270 | 10 | 1 in 890 |
| Louisiana | #271 | 16 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Iowa | #275 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Tennessee | #282 | 27 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Alabama | #283 | 17 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Nebraska | #296 | 7 | 1 in 1,014 |
| Idaho | #402 | 5 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
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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 Arya
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 3 spots since 2024 (#161 → #158)
- 45 spots since 2020 (#113 → #158)
- 42 spots since 2015 (#200 → #158)
- Biggest jump: 301 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 22 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2019 at #92 (3,051 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2019
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 550
- Highest: 1 in 550 girls born in 2019 were named Arya (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 865 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 52.3% of all girls named Arya (15,433) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
- Mostly boys until 2003, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 | #10,912 (1986) | #11,355 |
| 1990s | 78 | #4,366 (1998) | #7,811 |
| 2000s | 1,229 | #1,077 (2009) | #2,082 |
| 2010s | 15,433 | #92 (2019) | #328 |
| 2020s | 12,786 | #113 (2020) | #136 |
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.
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