Arielle Girl
How popular is Arielle?
#485 girl name in 2025
618 baby girls were named Arielle in the US in 2025, making it the 485th most popular girl name.
Arielle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #485 for girls (▲ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 618 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #352 in 2015, #346 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (1,631 girls) |
| Highest rank | #183 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arielle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ariel family of names ranked #220 for girls in 2025 (#197 the year before), with 1,515 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ariel | 851 | 56% |
| Arielle | 618 | 41% |
| Aryelle | 14 | 1% |
| Aryel | 8 | 1% |
| Ariell | 11 | 1% |
| Arial | 8 | 1% |
| Ariele | 5 | 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 Arielle is most popular
Babies named Arielle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 1.0 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.8 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Georgia: 0.7 per 1,000 (157 girls)
- New York: 0.7 per 1,000 (269 girls)
Arielle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #4,492 |
| 1970s | 222 | #2,218 |
| 1980s | 4,043 | #185 |
| 1990s | 8,494 | #183 |
| 2000s | 4,774 | #544 |
| 2010s | 8,792 | #303 |
| 2020s | 4,524 | #346 |
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Questions
- Is Arielle a boy or girl name?
- Arielle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arielle were girls.
- How popular is the name Arielle?
- 618 baby girls were named Arielle in the US in 2025, making it the 485th most popular girl name.
- When was Arielle most popular?
- Arielle peaked in 1991, when 1,631 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #183 in 1991.
- How many people are named Arielle?
- 30,921 babies have been named Arielle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,551 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Arielle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arielle was most common in Maryland, at 1.0 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.