Arya Girl
How popular is Arya?
#158 girl name in 2025
1,858 baby girls were named Arya in the US in 2025, making it the 158th most popular girl name. Another 54 boys got the name (#2,480 for boys).
Arya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #158 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,858 girls, 54 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #200 in 2015, #113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (3,051 girls) |
| Highest rank | #92 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arya 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.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Arya is most popular
Babies named Arya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 3.8 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- New Mexico: 3.0 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Alaska: 2.6 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Delaware: 2.4 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Arya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Arya
Questions
- Is Arya a boy or girl name?
- Arya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Arya were girls.
- How popular is the name Arya?
- 1,858 baby girls were named Arya in the US in 2025, making it the 158th most popular girl name. Another 54 boys got the name (#2,480 for boys).
- When was Arya most popular?
- Arya peaked in 2019, when 3,051 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #92 in 2019.
- How many people are named Arya?
- 31,871 babies have been named Arya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,712 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Arya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arya was most common in Hawaii, at 3.8 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.