Ariah

Ariah was the #636 girls' name in the US in 2025 (457 babies), and #733 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Ariah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ariah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSEngland & WalesCanadaIreland
Ariah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#636 (457)#733 (50)—#397 (3)#718 (4)#935 (29)
2024#585 (516)#811 (46)———#719 (41)
2023#512 (593)#622 (60)#482 (6)—#856 (3)#958 (27)
2022#461 (688)#509 (78)#380 (8)—#634 (5)#794 (34)
2021#433 (728)#576 (68)#316 (11)—#661 (5)#746 (39)
2020#400 (778)#525 (76)#341 (10)#397 (3)#700 (4)#623 (46)
2019#364 (869)#417 (101)#185 (23)#298 (5)#716 (4)#563 (55)
2018#343 (926)#484 (89)#255 (15)#238 (7)#896 (3)#677 (43)
2017#323 (1,011)#514 (83)#191 (23)#432 (3)#579 (6)#614 (49)
2016#310 (1,046)#605 (70)#216 (20)#353 (4)#750 (4)#524 (61)
2015#515 (608)#1,057 (33)#509 (6)#312 (5)—#727 (39)
2014#692 (409)#1,882 (15)#365 (10)——#917 (29)
2013#715 (388)#1,639 (18)———#993 (26)
2012#814 (329)#4,171 (5)———#1,410 (17)
2011#999 (252)#4,049 (5)———#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #310.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ariah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ariah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #353ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #570TXFlorida: #515FL
Ariah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#64419

Ariah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AriahCanadaGirls#93529
AriahEngland & WalesGirls#73350
AriahIrelandGirls#7184
AriahNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AriahScotlandGirls—too few
AriahUSGirls#636457
AriahUSBoys—too few