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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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 2020

  • 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: #700 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,146 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: #673 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,203 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMINew York: #540 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 3,246 boysNYMassachusetts: #562 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,835 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: #908 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,493 boysINOhio: #1,000 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,784 boysOHPennsylvania: #753 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,399 boysPANew Jersey: #325 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,573 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #650 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 4,515 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedUTColorado: #660 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,586 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #911 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,444 boysVAMaryland: #529 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,785 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedDEArizona: #796 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,327 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,205 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,789 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: #633 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,591 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aryan, so not publishedHITexas: #773 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 5,460 boysTXFlorida: #938 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,939 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#325 · 1 in 1,573
  2. Maryland#529 · 1 in 2,785
  3. New York#540 · 1 in 3,246
  4. Massachusetts#562 · 1 in 3,835
  5. Georgia#633 · 1 in 3,591

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#325251 in 1,573
Maryland#52991 in 2,785
New York#540271 in 3,246
Massachusetts#56271 in 3,835
Georgia#633141 in 3,591
California#650421 in 4,515
Colorado#66071 in 3,586
Illinois#673131 in 4,203
Washington#70081 in 4,146
Pennsylvania#753101 in 5,399
Texas#773311 in 5,460
Arizona#79661 in 5,327
Indiana#90851 in 6,493
Virginia#91161 in 6,444
Florida#938131 in 6,939
Ohio#1,00071 in 7,784
North Carolina#1,20551 in 9,789
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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 2020

girls
#5,003
25 births · 1 in 64,662 girls
boys
#841
271 births · 1 in 6,369 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #5,003Aryan25

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #841Aryan271
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 64,662 of them was named Aryan, which outranked 71.5% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aryan
  1. #4,880Zanylah26
  2. #4,880Zuzanna26
  3. #4,880Zyah26
  4. #5,003Aryan25
  5. #5,003Aamiyah25
  6. #5,003Abriana25
  7. #5,003Adalin25
  8. #5,168Aaliah24
  9. #5,168Adama24
  10. #5,168Ailana24

Tied with 164 names at #5,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 6,369 of them was named Aryan, which outranked 94.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aryan
  1. #833Larry273
  2. #839Dilan272
  3. #839Eugene272
  4. #841Aryan271
  5. #841Blaze271
  6. #841Elisha271
  7. #841Maurice271
  8. #846Ishaan269
  9. #846Jadiel269
  10. #846Kyro269

Tied with 4 names at #841; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →