Girls' name · since 1999

Arij

46 babies named Arij in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#35,860 of 72,339
all-time among girls
46
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade

Arij sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 46 recorded since 1999.

Arij has 46 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1999 to 2017.

  • #35,860 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 46 born since 1999
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arij ranks #35,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.

#35,860 of 72,339
all-time among girls
46
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Arij's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Arij's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Arij's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Arij popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2014)
8
Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
456789 1999200320112014201520162017 7

Arij by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 74% of the file).

2010s was Arij's strongest decade.

34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.

Arij births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (74% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arij?
Since 1999, Social Security records show 46 babies named Arij. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #35,860 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2017. Its busiest year on record was 2014, with 8 births.
Where does Arij sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arij ranks #35,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Arij most popular?
Arij was most popular in the 2010s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Arij been used?
The SSA has tracked Arij since 1999 -- 19 years through the most recent 2017 data.
What names are similar to Arij?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ariana, Arianna, Aria, Ariel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arij: 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, 1999–2017 (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 Arij 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.