Aryan
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #871 for boys in 2025, 275 births
- Given to boys 91.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 406 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,106since 1978
Aryan 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #871 | 275 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #785 | 320 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #741 | 355 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #820 | 302 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #788 | 312 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #841 | 271 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #714 | 342 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #772 | 300 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #742 | 321 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | #708 | 345 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #698 | 360 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | #747 | 317 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #698 | 342 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #671 | 352 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #689 | 342 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #714 | 326 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | #762 | 298 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | #680 | 355 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | #613 | 406 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #689 | 326 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #681 | 307 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #644 | 321 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #745 | 240 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #872 | 188 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #1,191 | 114 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #2,425 | 39 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #5,468 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,772 | 5 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Aryan! It came in at #5,772, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aryan 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
- New Jersey#429 · 1 in 2,209
- California#543 · 1 in 3,133
- Illinois#632 · 1 in 3,539
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- Texas#649 · 1 in 3,805
Best ever in a state: #177 in New Jersey, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #429 | 18 | 1 in 2,209 |
| California | #543 | 56 | 1 in 3,133 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Texas | #649 | 46 | 1 in 3,805 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| New York | #692 | 21 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 30 spots since 2020 (#841 → #871)
- Biggest jump: 319 spots in 2002
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2007 at #613 (406 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,819
- Highest: 1 in 4,819 boys born in 2023 were named Aryan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,211 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #613 in 2007, was only 1 in 5,112 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.3% of all boys named Aryan (3,347) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,772 (1978) | #5,772 |
| 1980s | 71 | #3,325 (1989) | #4,795 |
| 1990s | 254 | #2,398 (1999) | #2,880 |
| 2000s | 2,594 | #613 (2007) | #930 |
| 2010s | 3,347 | #671 (2012) | #715 |
| 2020s | 1,835 | #741 (2023) | #808 |
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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