Arya

What Arya means

Means “noble, respectable”

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Arya” (revision 93669381), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Arya?

US: Rising: up from #200 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #192 in 2015, #193 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 3,051 girls got the name (#92 that year). First in the US records in 1986.

How common

• About 1 in 865 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 959 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 852 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 (4.2 per 1,000 girls), NM (4.07 per 1,000 girls), MD (2.3 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Arya is #158 in the US and #193 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.2% of US babies named Arya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ariyah836 US · 94 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
• Aryia30 US · 3 E&W
• Eraya23 US · 6 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 Arya

Girls

• Ila#718Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US
• Avani#805“earth”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Kali#323Editor’s note Down from #267 in 2015 to #323 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Ishaan#893Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US
• Aarav#710“sound; loud noise”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*

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