Girls' name · since 1998
Aryah
2,180 babies named Aryah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,180
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,180 babies have been named Aryah since 1998, making it today's #1744 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aryah has been recorded 2,180 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #1744 nationally and more common than 90% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #4,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,744 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,180 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aryah ranks #4,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,744 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,180 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,180
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aryah's 2,180 recorded births place it above 93.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Aryah compares
2,180 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Aryah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aryah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,180 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 161 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aryah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aryah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 161 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aryah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 161
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Aryah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,014 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Aryah's strongest decade.
1,014 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Aryah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 317
2000s
317 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,014 births
- 2020s
2020s
826 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,014 births (47% of all-time use).
How Aryah 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 Aryah's total volume
Aryah by state
Where Aryah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 193 | 8.9% |
| #2 | California | | 191 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 124 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 74 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 72 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 42 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 35 | 1.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 35 | 1.6% |
193 of 2,180 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Aryah appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Aryah's data
- Aryah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,014 total births) through the 2020s (826) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Aryahs (193 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aryah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Aryah 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.