Aryan

Aryan was the #871 boys' name in the US in 2025 (275 babies), and #302 in England & Wales and #331 in Canada.

Aryan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aryan as a boy’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Aryan as a boy’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#871 (275)#302 (151)#560 (5)—#432 (8)#331 (100)
2024#785 (320)#306 (146)#478 (6)—#520 (6)#295 (111)
2023#741 (355)#266 (173)#435 (7)—#288 (15)#304 (103)
2022#820 (302)#287 (156)#472 (6)—#657 (4)#314 (99)
2021#788 (312)#308 (152)#605 (4)—#631 (4)#366 (85)
2020#841 (271)#291 (158)#476 (6)——#367 (85)
2019#714 (342)#264 (185)#516 (5)—#564 (5)#331 (98)
2018#772 (300)#287 (173)#472 (6)—#435 (8)#333 (97)
2017#742 (321)#271 (192)#383 (9)—#495 (6)#397 (76)
2016#708 (345)#245 (218)#375 (9)—#389 (9)#359 (88)
2015#698 (360)#257 (199)#529 (5)—#421 (8)#301 (110)
2014#747 (317)#258 (196)#490 (6)—#550 (5)#323 (103)
2013#698 (342)#258 (188)#399 (8)—#534 (5)#304 (107)
2012#671 (352)#244 (200)#392 (8)—#457 (7)#281 (115)
2011#689 (342)#232 (209)#386 (8)—#455 (7)#312 (98)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #741.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 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 6,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aryan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aryan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #543CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #912FL
Aryan (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#17976
Quebec2025#5707

Aryan (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
AryanCanadaGirls—too few
AryanCanadaBoys#331100
AryanEngland & WalesBoys#302151
AryanIrelandBoys#4328
AryanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AryanScotlandBoys#5605
AryanUSGirls#14,9425
AryanUSBoys#871275