Girls' name · since 2001

Arshiya

234 babies named Arshiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#18,214 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,656 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
234
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Arshiya is the #8656 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 234 recorded since 2001.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arshiya has been recorded 234 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #8656 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #18,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,656 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 234 born since 2001
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arshiya ranks #18,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,656 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 234 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.

#18,214 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,656 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
234
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%49.9%
Arshiya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Arshiya's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Arshiya compares

234 40th percentile among 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

Arshiya's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Arshiya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 234 376 567,345
Peak-year births 24 21 19,840

Arshiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Arshiya splits its recorded history at 2014: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Arshiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
24
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
0510152025 200120052008201220152018202120242025 12

Arshiya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 47% of the file).

2010s was Arshiya's strongest decade.

109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Arshiya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (47% of all-time use).

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

Arshiya by state

Where Arshiya concentrates geographically, total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Arshiya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
34 14.5%
New York share of Arshiya's total US births 14.5%

34 of 234 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arshiya?
Since 2001, Social Security records show 234 babies named Arshiya. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #18,214 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,656 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2015, with 24 births.
Where does Arshiya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arshiya ranks #18,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,656 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 Arshiya most popular?
Arshiya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Where is Arshiya most popular?
The top states for the name Arshiya are New York (34 births).
How long has the name Arshiya been used?
The SSA has tracked Arshiya since 2001 -- 25 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Arshiya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arsema, Arshia, Arshi, Arsenia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Arshiya's data

  • Arshiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Arshiyas (34 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.

Keep exploring Arshiya

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arshiya: 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, 2001–2025 (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 Arshiya 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.