Aris

What Aris means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Aris yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 65% of US babies named Aris in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aris?

US: Rising: up from #2234 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1121 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 144 boys got the name (#1333 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 11,862 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,407 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys 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 MA (0.37 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.15 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.14 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aris is #1333 in the US and #370 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 64.9% of US babies named Aris were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ares1,157 US · 56 E&W
• Eros146 US · 13 E&W
• Aras34 US · 47 E&W
• Ariz26 US · 15 E&W
• Eris26 US · 4 E&W
• Aires20 US
• Araiz8 US · 11 E&W
• Araz9 US · 5 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 Aris

Boys

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*

For a sister

• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aris’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.