Ariston — #5330 US boys' name
389 babies named Ariston in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Ariston was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Ariston in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ariston
The Social Security Administration has registered 389 babies named Ariston between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ariston currently holds the #5330 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ariston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ariston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ariston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ariston 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 389 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.
Ariston at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ariston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2014)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #5330 among boys.
389 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 34 births in a single year.
Ariston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 208 births that decade — 53% of Ariston's all-time total
Ariston decade highlights
- Peak decade 208 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ariston's strongest decade
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Ariston by state
Where Ariston concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.5% |
18 of 389 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.