Aaryan — #2124 US boys' name
2,074 babies named Aaryan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Aaryan was born in this single decade.
142 babies were named Aaryan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aaryan
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,074 babies named Aaryan between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aaryan currently holds the #2124 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 142 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaryan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aaryan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 357 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Aaryan in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aaryan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,074 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aaryan at a glance
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Current rank
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Aaryan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2016)
- 142
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #2124 among boys.
2,074 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 142 births in a single year.
Aaryan popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2013 (Aaryan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Aaryan accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aaryan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,132 births that decade — 55% of Aaryan's all-time total
Aaryan decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,132 births
- Runner-up 472 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aaryan's strongest decade
1,132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Aaryan by state
Where Aaryan concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 357 | 17.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 222 | 10.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 202 | 9.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 134 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 101 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 56 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 34 | 1.6% |
357 of 2,074 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.2% of nationwide
- Texas 10.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 9.7% of nationwide
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aaryan appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.