Girls' name · since 1963

Arianna

104,152 babies named Arianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#366 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#234 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
104,152
born since 1963
2010s
peak decade

Arianna currently ranks #234 among girls' names in America, with 104,152 babies recorded since 1963.

Arianna has 104,152 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #234 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, 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 1963 to 2025.

  • #366 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #234 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 104,152 born since 1963
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arianna ranks #366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #234 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 104,152 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.

#366 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#234 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
104,152
born since 1963
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%98.6%
Arianna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Arianna's 104,152 recorded births place it above 99.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

51 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Arianna compares

104,152 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Arianna's all-time total is 277x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Arianna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 104,152 376 567,345
Peak-year births 5,276 21 19,840

Arianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Arianna splits its recorded history at 1995: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1963 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 5,276 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Arianna popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2014)
5,276
Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
02,0004,0006,000 196319731981198919972005201320212025 1,323

Arianna popularity over time - boys

73 total births recorded since 2004 (Arianna as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 73 births
468101214 2004200520062007200820102012201320142016 6

Arianna by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (41,814 births, 40% of the file).

2010s was Arianna's strongest decade.

41,814 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Arianna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41,814 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Arianna compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arianna's total volume

Arianna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8% 406080100120140160 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -118, 5.4%-124, 4.8%-140, 3.1%-82, 3.5%-146, 1.9%-146, 6%-146, 1.9%-146, 2.7%-77, 5.4%-84, 6.5%-130, 3.2%-146, 3.7%-131, 3.3%-146, 1.8%-111, 3.3%Arianna-63, 5.1%Arianna
Arianna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Arianna by state

Where Arianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1963

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Arianna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16,213 15.6%
#2 Texas
11,627 11.2%
#3 New York
8,589 8.2%
#4 Florida
7,193 6.9%
#5 Illinois
4,160 4.0%
#6 Pennsylvania
3,506 3.4%
#7 New Jersey
3,481 3.3%
#8 Ohio
2,999 2.9%
California share of Arianna's total US births 15.6%
Even split

16,213 of 104,152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.

Arianna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arianna?
104,152 babies have been named Arianna since 1963. All-time, it sits at #366 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #234 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2014 with 5,276 births.
Where does Arianna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arianna ranks #366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #234 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Arianna most popular?
Arianna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 41,814 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Arianna most popular?
The top states for the name Arianna are California (16,213 births), Texas (11,627 births), New York (8,589 births).
How long has the name Arianna been used?
The SSA has tracked Arianna since 1963 -- 63 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Arianna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ariana, Aria, Ariel, Arielle, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Arianna's data

  • Arianna's decade-level peak was the 2010s (41,814 total births); usage has since declined to 10,312 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Ariannas (16,213 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Arianna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1963–2025 (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 Arianna 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.