Ariah Girl

How popular is Ariah?

#636 girl name in 2025

457 baby girls were named Ariah in the US in 2025, making it the 636th most popular girl name.

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11,689living people named Ariah (est.)
9median age of people named Ariah
11,751babies named Ariah since 1880
1 in 7,255US babies born in 2025

Ariah popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#636 for girls (▼ 51 from 2024)
Babies in 2025457 girls
10-year trendFalling (-25% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#515 in 2015, #400 in 2020
Peak year2016 (1,046 girls)
Highest rank#310 in 2016
First recorded1991
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)1% boys, 99% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Ariah counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aria family of names ranked #14 for girls in 2025 (#15 the year before), with 8,808 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Aria 6,130 70%
Arya 1,858 21%
Ariah 457 5%
Aarya 178 2%
Aryah 117 1%
Aaria 25 0%
Aariah 15 0%
Arria 7 0%
Ahria 7 0%
Aaryah 7 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Ariah is most popular

Babies named Ariah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (41 girls)
  2. Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (42 girls)
  3. Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (34 girls)
  4. Louisiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (60 girls)
  5. Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (68 girls)

Ariah by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s311#2,080
2000s1,510#1,059
2010s6,094#310
2020s3,760#400

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Questions

Is Ariah a boy or girl name?
Ariah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Ariah were girls.
How popular is the name Ariah?
457 baby girls were named Ariah in the US in 2025, making it the 636th most popular girl name.
When was Ariah most popular?
Ariah peaked in 2016, when 1,046 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #310 in 2016.
How many people are named Ariah?
11,751 babies have been named Ariah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,689 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Ariah most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Ariah was most common in New Mexico, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.