Ariana

#128 for girls in 2025, 2,219 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,300
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 5,504 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
120,380
since 1957

Ariana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #37, 2014girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1282,219
2024#1022,581
2023#972,720
2022#902,854#8,3009
2021#882,983
2020#793,175
2019#693,684
2018#683,739#12,1565
2017#673,890#12,2465
2016#544,609#12,1855
2015#464,973#9,5687
2014#375,504#7,56210
2013#544,422
2012#743,588
2011#843,456
2010#843,477
2009#823,701#9,8647
2008#813,916#11,0376
2007#734,326#7,09411
2006#784,234#7,9989
2005#823,981#11,4725
2004#793,996#5,49214
2003#853,834
2002#933,492
2001#923,377#9,2436
2000#1093,153#10,3495
1999#1302,529#9,9125
1998#1372,424#6,8438
1997#1382,319
1996#1562,044
1995#1631,948#6,9927
1994#1661,874#8,8005
1993#1901,534#8,7005
1992#2071,371#8,4355
1991#1921,562#7,2716
1990#2281,259#5,8238
1989#278967#3,20518
1988#377638#7,2705
1987#429523
1986#502419#5,3327
1985#539369#5,7856
1984#529363
1983#509380
1982#532367#5,6196
1981#540348#6,2625
1980#597311
1979#1,030136
1978#924153
1977#1,175105
1976#1,35579
1975#1,45970
1974#1,68854
1973#1,78848
1972#1,77149
1971#1,75451
1970#1,95243
1969#2,45428
1968#2,16431
1967#1,94736
1966#2,35726
1965#3,40214
1964#5,4747
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five girls were named Ariana! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ariana
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#102#128)
  • 49 spots since 2020 (#79#128)
  • 82 spots since 2015 (#46#128)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1980 (#1,030#597)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1979 (#924#1,030)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2014 at #37 (5,504 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2001–2023
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1980–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 325
  • Highest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2014 were named Ariana (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 724 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 34.3% of all girls named Ariana (41,342) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,086 (1957)#6,086
1960s154#1,947 (1967)#3,685
1970s788#924 (1978)#1,490
1980s4,685#278 (1989)#483
1990s18,864#130 (1999)#171
2000s38,010#73 (2007)#85
2010s41,342#37 (2014)#64
2020s16,532#79 (2020)#97

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.

Ariana in 2006

girls
#78
4,234 births · 1 in 449 girls
boys
#7,998
9 births · 1 in 228,364 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #78Ariana4,234

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #7,998Ariana9
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 449 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 99.6% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ariana
  1. #75Haley4,298
  2. #76Arianna4,292
  3. #77Paige4,267
  4. #78Ariana4,234
  5. #79Vanessa4,169
  6. #80Mary4,116
  7. #81Michelle4,090
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 228,364 of them was named Ariana, which outranked 43.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ariana
  1. #7,427Zeyad10
  2. #7,427Zhi10
  3. #7,427Zykee10
  4. #7,998Ariana9
  5. #7,998Aadam9
  6. #7,998Abdel9
  7. #7,998Abdirashid9
  8. #8,732Aahan8
  9. #8,732Aaran8
  10. #8,732Aarik8

Tied with 733 names at #7,998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

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

See the top 100 for 2006