Aryan

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #871 for boys in 2025, 275 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 406 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,106
since 1978

Aryan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #3,914, 1998peak #613, 2007girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#871275
2024#9,55610#785320
2023#8,05513#741355
2022#8,54212#820302
2021#5,39823#788312
2020#5,00325#841271
2019#5,30624#714342
2018#6,79217#772300
2017#4,81128#742321
2016#4,42332#708345
2015#4,72529#698360
2014#5,62523#747317
2013#4,07636#698342
2012#4,48632#671352
2011#5,72823#689342
2010#4,18035#714326
2009#4,48233#762298
2008#4,64732#680355
2007#5,23027#613406
2006#4,16535#689326
2005#6,52818#681307
2004#5,96920#644321
2003#6,29918#745240
2002#6,39217#872188
2001#5,36421#1,191114
2000#5,93718#2,42539
1999#7,23913#2,39837
1998#3,91429#2,85128
1997#8,33410#2,75028
1996#6,72313#2,74727
1995#8,07910#2,92324
1994#6,31914#3,32620
1993#8,7199#2,57728
1992#10,4797#3,22020
1991#10,2717#3,22419
1990#8,5019#2,78023
1989—#3,32517
1988#11,7985#4,7869
1987—#5,4597
1986#9,5456#4,4579
1985—#4,05210
1984—#6,3155
1983—#4,4998
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1981#10,4115#5,4686
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1978#9,7505#5,7725
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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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNHWashington: #768 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,079 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMNIllinois: #714 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,764 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #624 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,869 boysMINew York: #383 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 2,168 boysNYMassachusetts: #554 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,117 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedINOhio: #657 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,489 boysOHPennsylvania: #756 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,821 boysPANew Jersey: #411 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,403 boysNJConnecticut: #462 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,809 boysCTCalifornia: #611 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 4,402 boysCAUtah: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,065 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNEMissouri: #840 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,121 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #495 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,911 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedDEArizona: #868 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,925 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedKSArkansas: #541 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,743 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,140 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,265 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedALGeorgia: #646 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,130 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedHITexas: #676 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 4,894 boysTXFlorida: #1,077 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,667 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#383 · 1 in 2,168
  2. New Jersey#411 · 1 in 2,403
  3. Connecticut#462 · 1 in 2,809
  4. Virginia#495 · 1 in 2,911
  5. Arkansas#541 · 1 in 2,743

Best ever in a state: #177 in New Jersey, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#383451 in 2,168
New Jersey#411171 in 2,403
Connecticut#46251 in 2,809
Virginia#495141 in 2,911
Arkansas#54151 in 2,743
Massachusetts#55471 in 4,117
California#611491 in 4,402
Michigan#624121 in 3,869
Georgia#646131 in 4,130
Ohio#657131 in 4,489
Utah#67051 in 4,065
Texas#676361 in 4,894
Illinois#714131 in 4,764
Pennsylvania#756101 in 5,821
Washington#76871 in 5,079
Missouri#84051 in 6,121
Arizona#86851 in 6,925
Florida#1,077101 in 9,667
North Carolina#1,14051 in 10,265
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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 Aryan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#785 → #871)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#841 → #871)
  • 173 spots since 2015 (#698 → #871)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 2002 (#1,191 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2020 (#714 → #841)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#5,772 (1978)#5,772
1980s71#3,325 (1989)#4,795
1990s254#2,398 (1999)#2,880
2000s2,594#613 (2007)#930
2010s3,347#671 (2012)#715
2020s1,835#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.

Aryan in 2017

girls
#4,811
28 births · 1 in 61,659 girls
boys
#742
321 births · 1 in 5,766 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #4,811Aryan28

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #742Aryan321
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 61,659 of them was named Aryan, which outranked 73.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aryan
  1. #4,695Zionna29
  2. #4,695Zoi29
  3. #4,695Zoriah29
  4. #4,811Aryan28
  5. #4,811Acelyn28
  6. #4,811Addysen28
  7. #4,811Adelie28
  8. #4,922Abigaelle27
  9. #4,922Aisling27
  10. #4,922Ajah27

Tied with 110 names at #4,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 5,766 of them was named Aryan, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aryan
  1. #736Lochlan323
  2. #736Zechariah323
  3. #741Dash322
  4. #742Aryan321
  5. #742Jon321
  6. #744Otis319
  7. #745Canaan318
  8. #746Alonso317

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →