Boys' name · since 1961
Arye
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 445 babies named Arye, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,448 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arye currently ranks #4741 among boys' names in America, with 445 babies recorded since 1961.
Arye has 445 recorded births among boys since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4741 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of boys, 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 1961 to 2025.
- #8,448 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,741 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arye ranks #8,448 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,741 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 445 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,448 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arye's 445 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Arye compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Arye's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arye | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arye's full recorded timeline at 2007, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Arye by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (142 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Arye's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Arye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 142 births (32% of all-time use).
Arye by state
Where Arye concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 214 | 48.1% |
214 of 445 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arye's data
- Arye's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (142 total births) through the 2020s (99) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Aryes (214 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Arye 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.