NameTides

Aries

Aries was the #661 boys' name in the US in 2025 (417 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Aries as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Aries as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Aries as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#661 (417)#1,466 (18)#1,565 (14)
2024#700 (385)#1,675 (15)#959 (26)
2023#782 (323)#1,533 (16)#1,283 (16)
2022#867 (277)#2,166 (10)#1,142 (19)
2021#913 (251)#3,451 (5)#1,342 (15)
2020#886 (255)#3,334 (5)#1,454 (13)
2019#930 (234)#2,266 (9)#1,152 (18)
2018#942 (222)#3,959 (4)#1,471 (12)
2017#1,090 (179)#3,449 (5)#1,246 (16)
2016#1,105 (177)—#1,578 (11)
2015#1,190 (155)—#1,122 (18)
2014#1,163 (162)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,285 (135)—#1,068 (19)
2012#1,498 (107)—#1,781 (9)
2011#1,577 (98)—#1,681 (10)

Aries as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Aries as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Aries as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,153 (86)#3,333 (7)#3,044 (6)
2024#1,779 (113)#3,696 (6)#2,102 (10)
2023#1,850 (108)#5,688 (3)—
2022#1,961 (100)—#2,553 (7)
2021#1,801 (112)#3,961 (5)—
2020#1,959 (97)——
2019#1,716 (121)—#2,872 (6)
2018#2,159 (87)#5,666 (3)#1,567 (14)
2017#2,129 (90)#5,765 (3)—
2016#2,517 (71)——
2015#2,646 (67)——
2014#2,535 (70)——
2013#2,870 (59)—#2,888 (6)
2012#3,213 (51)——
2011#3,350 (48)—#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #661.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 17% of US babies named Aries were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aries is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aries by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #632TXFlorida: #543FL
Aries (boys) 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#1,1239

Aries (boys): 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
AriesCanadaGirls#3,0446
AriesCanadaBoys#1,56514
AriesEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
AriesEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
AriesNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AriesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AriesUSGirls#2,15386
AriesUSBoys#661417