Ariyah

What Ariyah means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1998, with 15 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ariyah?

US: Rising: up from #607 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 927 girls got the name (#335 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 1,923 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,694 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 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 DC (4.46 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.8 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ariyah is #366 in the US and #431 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 Ariyah 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
• Ariya476 US · 124 E&W
• Araya235 US · 49 E&W
• Aryah117 US · 3 E&W
• Arayah96 US · 24 E&W
• Aryiah32 US · 4 E&W
• Areya23 US · 5 E&W
• Oriyah25 US

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 Ariyah

Girls

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*

For a brother

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*

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