Girls' name · since 1978
Ariele
Ariele has 583 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,401 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
583 babies have been named Ariele since 1978, making it today's #15401 girls' name.
Ariele has 583 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15401 as of the latest data, more common than 11% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #10,730 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,401 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 583 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ariele ranks #10,730 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,401 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 583 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,401 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ariele's 583 recorded births place it above 85.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ariele compares
583 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Ariele's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ariele | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 583 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ariele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ariele's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 30% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 70%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ariele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Ariele by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (254 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Ariele's strongest decade.
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ariele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
153 births
- 1990s
1990s
254 births
- 2000s 84
2000s
84 births
- 2010s 62
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 254 births (44% of all-time use).
How Ariele 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 Ariele's total volume
Ariele by state
Where Ariele concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 3.1% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 2.1% |
18 of 583 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Ariele's data
- Ariele's decade-level peak was the 1990s (254 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Arieles (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ariele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Ariele 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.