NameTides

Ariel

Ariel was the #355 girls' name in the US in 2025 (851 babies), and #951 in England & Wales and #329 in Canada.

Ariel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ariel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Ariel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#355 (851)#951 (37)—#885 (3)#329 (95)
2024#300 (1,055)#885 (41)——#321 (95)
2023#287 (1,096)#832 (43)——#307 (99)
2022#236 (1,295)#1,023 (33)——#215 (133)
2021#220 (1,351)#936 (37)—#883 (3)#197 (153)
2020#199 (1,472)#710 (52)#636 (4)#544 (6)#184 (155)
2019#172 (1,685)#823 (45)——#156 (182)
2018#154 (1,832)#1,035 (34)#809 (3)—#156 (184)
2017#142 (2,076)#1,021 (35)#666 (4)—#169 (173)
2016#140 (2,199)#1,278 (26)——#142 (208)
2015#137 (2,358)#1,007 (35)——#144 (209)
2014#132 (2,445)#1,094 (32)—#876 (3)#145 (216)
2013#145 (2,140)#1,587 (19)——#178 (184)
2012#181 (1,742)#2,338 (11)—#907 (3)#177 (181)
2011#220 (1,438)#1,665 (17)——#265 (124)

Ariel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ariel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Ariel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#558 (533)#1,007 (30)#829 (3)#756 (35)
2024#509 (598)#1,199 (23)—#927 (27)
2023#521 (566)#1,108 (26)—#986 (24)
2022#569 (519)#1,534 (16)—#862 (29)
2021#557 (507)#1,139 (24)—#1,277 (16)
2020#565 (497)#1,492 (16)—#1,261 (16)
2019#551 (511)#1,506 (16)—#1,326 (15)
2018#584 (470)#2,693 (7)—#1,219 (16)
2017#488 (600)#1,289 (20)—#1,113 (19)
2016#499 (601)#1,498 (17)—#1,026 (21)
2015#601 (455)#1,586 (15)—#1,204 (16)
2014#743 (319)#1,281 (20)#715 (3)#928 (24)
2013#759 (298)#2,055 (10)—#1,109 (18)
2012#769 (296)#1,669 (14)—#966 (22)
2011#623 (379)#1,447 (16)—#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #66.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.
  • In 2025, 62% of US babies named Ariel were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ariel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ariel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #334NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #481INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #269MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #211AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #297NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #349GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #282TXFlorida: #404FL
Ariel (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
Quebec2025#15336
Ontario2024#26547

Ariel (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
ArielCanadaGirls#32995
ArielCanadaBoys#75635
ArielEngland & WalesGirls#95137
ArielEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
ArielIrelandGirls#8853
ArielIrelandBoys#8293
ArielNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ArielNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ArielScotlandGirls—too few
ArielUSGirls#355851
ArielUSBoys#558533