Girls' name · since 1967
Ariann
Ariann has 476 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ariann is the #15265 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 476 recorded since 1967.
Ariann has 476 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15265 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #12,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,265 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 476 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ariann ranks #12,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,265 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 476 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ariann's 476 recorded births place it above 83.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ariann compares
476 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ariann's all-time total is 27% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ariann | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 476 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ariann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ariann's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ariann popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Ariann popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2013 (Ariann as boys' name)
Ariann by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Ariann's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Ariann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Ariann's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 36 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ariann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Ariann 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.