Ariya — #557 US girls' name
6,890 babies named Ariya in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Ariya was born in this single decade.
599 babies were named Ariya in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ariya
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,890 babies named Ariya between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ariya currently holds the #557 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 599 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ariya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,512 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ariya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 735 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ariya in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ariya 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 6,890 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.
Ariya at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Ariya popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2019)
- 599
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #557 among girls.
6,890 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 599 births in a single year.
Ariya popularity over time — boys
30 total births recorded since 1993 (Ariya as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ariya accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ariya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,512 births that decade — 51% of Ariya's all-time total
Ariya decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,512 births
- Runner-up 2,763 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ariya's strongest decade
3,512 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Ariya by state
Where Ariya concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 735 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 532 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 441 | 6.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 391 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 255 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 254 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 252 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 206 | 3.0% |
735 of 6,890 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 6.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ariya appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1991–2024 (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.