Ariadne

#1,758 for girls in 2025, 115 births

Peak · girls
2016 · 389 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,824
since 1960

Ariadne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ariadne has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #731, 2016girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,758115
2024#1,264184
2023#1,137213
2022#1,166207
2021#1,153212
2020#1,189195
2019#1,000258
2018#934286
2017#777353
2016#731389
2015#771367
2014#801350
2013#1,220197
2012#1,760117
2011#1,329175
2010#2,04397
2009#2,029101
2008#2,33483
2007#3,28951
2006#3,09054
2005#3,25747
2004#2,99852
2003#2,70758
2002#2,58260
2001#2,46163
2000#2,77752
1999#5,21920
1998#2,73149
1997#3,54732
1996#4,45323
1995#4,09925
1994#4,11525
1993#4,99819
1992#4,38223
1991#4,49722
1990#5,28617
1989#5,54515
1988#7,11110
1987#7,3539
1986#5,45913
1985#9,3076
1984#7,3988
1983#6,21210
1982#6,8889
1981#7,4098
1980#5,54412
1979#8,0617
1978#7,6497
1977#8,4446
1976#5,21511
1975#6,4848
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1973#7,4356
1972#5,4809
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1970#5,4139
1969#4,41811
1968#4,7799
1967#5,4577
1966#4,8668
1965#3,54913
1964#5,4747
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Ariadne! It came in at #4,773, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ariadne is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMINew York: #1,992 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,796 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,369 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 10,395 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedHITexas: #1,137 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,246 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ariadne, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#1,137 · 1 in 7,246
  2. California#1,369 · 1 in 10,395
  3. New York#1,992 · 1 in 15,796

Best ever in a state: #244 in New Mexico, 2015.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#1,137231 in 7,246
California#1,369211 in 10,395
New York#1,99261 in 15,796
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ariadne
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 494 spots since 2024 (#1,264#1,758)
  • 569 spots since 2020 (#1,189#1,758)
  • 987 spots since 2015 (#771#1,758)
  • Biggest jump: 419 spots in 2014 (#1,220#801)
  • Biggest drop: 189 spots in 2020 (#1,000#1,189)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 2016 at #731 (389 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2014–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,555
  • Highest: 1 in 4,555 girls born in 2016 were named Ariadne (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,976 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 53.7% of all girls named Ariadne (2,589) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s70#3,549 (1965)#4,826
1970s63#5,215 (1976)#6,773
1980s100#5,459 (1986)#6,823
1990s255#2,731 (1998)#4,333
2000s621#2,029 (2009)#2,752
2010s2,589#731 (2016)#1,137
2020s1,126#1,137 (2023)#1,278

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ariadne in 2009

girls
#2,029
101 births · 1 in 18,189 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #2,029Ariadne101
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 18,189 of them was named Ariadne, which outranked 90.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ariadne
  1. #2,016Louise102
  2. #2,016Mallorie102
  3. #2,016Sinai102
  4. #2,029Ariadne101
  5. #2,029Allegra101
  6. #2,029Annemarie101
  7. #2,029Arihanna101
  8. #2,041Amaia100
  9. #2,041Arissa100
  10. #2,041Britany100

Tied with 11 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 4,137Taraji#5,013#876
  2. 2,107Bristol#2,773#666
  3. 836Analia#1,167#331
  4. 773Harlow#1,677#904
  5. 610Maliah#1,405#795
Fallers
  1. 1,450Dayami#754#2,204
  2. 953Mareli#723#1,676
  3. 773Mylie#839#1,612
  4. 517Marely#334#851
  5. 515Hillary#722#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009