Aryeh — #1319 US boys' name
3,339 babies named Aryeh in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Aryeh was born in this single decade.
147 babies were named Aryeh in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aryeh
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,339 babies named Aryeh between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aryeh currently holds the #1319 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 147 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aryeh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,055 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Aryeh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,429 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Aryeh in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aryeh 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 3,339 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.
Aryeh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Aryeh popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1954
- Peak year (2024)
- 147
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
Currently ranks #1319 among boys.
3,339 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 147 births in a single year.
Aryeh popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Aryeh as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Aryeh accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aryeh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,055 births that decade — 32% of Aryeh's all-time total
Aryeh decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,055 births
- Runner-up 662 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aryeh's strongest decade
1,055 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Aryeh by state
Where Aryeh concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,429 | 42.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 789 | 23.6% |
| #3 | California | | 115 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 51 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 34 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.2% |
1,429 of 3,339 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 42.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 23.6% of nationwide
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 42.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1954–2024 (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.