NameTides

Arya

Arya was the #158 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,858 babies), and #193 in England & Wales and #106 in Canada.

Arya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Arya 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern Ireland
Arya 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#158 (1,858)#193 (264)#191 (21)#397 (3)#196 (22)#106 (241)
2024#161 (1,867)#184 (265)#230 (16)#212 (8)#307 (13)#112 (233)
2023#139 (2,013)#183 (279)#144 (30)#264 (6)#173 (27)#94 (247)
2022#122 (2,343)#175 (289)#163 (26)#266 (6)#254 (17)#104 (237)
2021#120 (2,331)#151 (344)#174 (25)#171 (12)#165 (29)#100 (265)
2020#113 (2,374)#134 (371)#143 (30)#166 (11)#255 (17)#94 (258)
2019#92 (3,051)#120 (427)#107 (42)#189 (10)#271 (17)#77 (330)
2018#119 (2,556)#148 (352)#126 (37)#195 (10)#299 (15)#92 (292)
2017#135 (2,169)#164 (343)#98 (47)#174 (12)#219 (23)#112 (243)
2016#169 (1,898)#180 (302)#98 (48)#229 (8)#217 (22)#113 (253)
2015#200 (1,645)#192 (280)#101 (46)#248 (7)#362 (13)#122 (252)
2014#216 (1,556)#215 (244)#134 (37)#314 (5)#494 (8)#113 (265)
2013#278 (1,139)#257 (187)#254 (16)#199 (10)#587 (6)#157 (201)
2012#414 (759)#437 (104)#294 (15)#268 (7)#677 (5)#220 (148)
2011#715 (387)#658 (60)#674 (4)——#548 (54)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #92.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 870 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 870common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 960common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 960common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 620common

Next year

On its recent trend, Arya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 950 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 870 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #265WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #131WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #223MINew York: #120NYMassachusetts: #131MAOregon: #199ORNevada: #141NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #258OHPennsylvania: #187PANew Jersey: #143NJConnecticut: #162CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #106CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #166CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #160KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #121VAMaryland: #90MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #151AZNew Mexico: #59NMKansas: #212KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #127NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #206OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #211GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #148TXFlorida: #96FL
Arya (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#78122
Quebec2025#14039

Arya (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
AryaCanadaGirls#106241
AryaCanadaBoys#1,50015
AryaEngland & WalesGirls#193264
AryaEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
AryaIrelandGirls#19622
AryaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AryaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AryaScotlandGirls#19121
AryaScotlandBoys—too few
AryaUSGirls#1581,858
AryaUSBoys#2,48054