Ariadne — #1263 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ariadne

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,708 babies named Ariadne between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ariadne currently holds the #1263 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 389 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ariadne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,588 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ariadne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Ariadne in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ariadne 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 4,708 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.