Aria — #26 US girls' name
89,496 babies named Aria in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Aria was born in this single decade.
7,435 babies were named Aria in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aria
The Social Security Administration has registered 89,496 babies named Aria between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aria currently holds the #26 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7,435 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aria performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52,254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Aria shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,125 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aria in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aria 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 89,496 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.
Aria at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Aria popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (2018)
- 7,435
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently a top-50 pick among girls.
89,496 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7,435 births in a single year.
Aria popularity over time — boys
677 total births recorded since 1984 (Aria as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Aria accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 52,254 births that decade — 58% of Aria's all-time total
Aria decade highlights
- Peak decade 52,254 births
- Runner-up 30,891 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aria's strongest decade
52,254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Aria by state
Where Aria concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13,125 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,362 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5,706 | 6.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 5,052 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 3,315 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 3,193 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,986 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 2,696 | 3.0% |
13,125 of 89,496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Texas 9.3% of nationwide
- Florida 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aria appears in 51 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, 1900–2024 (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.