Aria

What Aria means

Means “a musical aria”

As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria ".

Source: Wiktionary, “Aria” (revision 93871447), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aria?

US: Rising: up from #29 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #100 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 7,437 girls got the name (#19 that year). First in the US records in 1900.

How common

• About 1 in 262 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 224 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 141 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (13.05 per 1,000 girls), RI (11.42 per 1,000 girls), NM (9.63 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aria is #26 in the US and #34 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.6% of US babies named Aria were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ariah457 US · 50 E&W
• Irie95 US · 10 E&W
• Arie79 US · 7 E&W
• Auria54 US
• Uriah30 US
• Aurea23 US · 4 E&W
• Oriah18 US · 4 E&W
• Aurie15 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aria

Girls

• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Pearl#776From the word “pearl”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Mercy#862Editor’s note Up from #1,011 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*

For a brother

• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aria’s. Rank is US 2025.