Ariya

What Ariya means

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

Editor’s note Up from #693 in 2015 to #614 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ariya?

US: Rising: up from #693 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #595 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 599 girls got the name (#519 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 3,377 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,043 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 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 DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.87 per 1,000 girls), GA (0.64 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ariya is #614 in the US and #346 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ariya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Arya1,858 US · 264 E&W
• Ariyah836 US · 94 E&W
• Araya235 US · 49 E&W
• Aryah117 US · 3 E&W
• Arayah96 US · 24 E&W
• Aryia30 US · 3 E&W
• Eraya23 US · 6 E&W
• Areya23 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 Ariya

Girls

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

For a brother

• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

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 Ariya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.