Girls' name · since 1988
Aariel
223 babies named Aariel in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
223 girls have been named Aariel since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aariel has 223 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2021.
- #18,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 223 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aariel ranks #18,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 223 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aariel's 223 recorded births place it above 74.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aariel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aariel's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aariel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2021
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Aariel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Aariel's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Aariel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Aariel's decade-level peak was the 2010s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aariel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aariel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.