Ariel
#355 for girls in 2025, 851 births · #558 for boys in 2025, 533 births
Given to girls 78.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 5,411 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 78,697since 1892
Ariel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #355 | 851 | #558 | 533 |
| 2024 | #300 | 1,055 | #509 | 598 |
| 2023 | #287 | 1,096 | #521 | 566 |
| 2022 | #236 | 1,295 | #569 | 519 |
| 2021 | #220 | 1,351 | #557 | 507 |
| 2020 | #199 | 1,472 | #565 | 497 |
| 2019 | #172 | 1,685 | #551 | 511 |
| 2018 | #154 | 1,832 | #584 | 470 |
| 2017 | #142 | 2,076 | #488 | 600 |
| 2016 | #140 | 2,199 | #499 | 601 |
| 2015 | #137 | 2,358 | #601 | 455 |
| 2014 | #132 | 2,445 | #743 | 319 |
| 2013 | #145 | 2,140 | #759 | 298 |
| 2012 | #181 | 1,742 | #769 | 296 |
| 2011 | #220 | 1,438 | #623 | 379 |
| 2010 | #213 | 1,462 | #602 | 413 |
| 2009 | #205 | 1,577 | #556 | 475 |
| 2008 | #217 | 1,553 | #568 | 455 |
| 2007 | #188 | 1,784 | #508 | 521 |
| 2006 | #202 | 1,734 | #468 | 573 |
| 2005 | #222 | 1,568 | #547 | 438 |
| 2004 | #219 | 1,546 | #553 | 416 |
| 2003 | #213 | 1,548 | #572 | 387 |
| 2002 | #215 | 1,548 | #514 | 441 |
| 2001 | #197 | 1,654 | #538 | 405 |
| 2000 | #184 | 1,753 | #548 | 384 |
| 1999 | #171 | 1,834 | #505 | 422 |
| 1998 | #147 | 2,150 | #474 | 467 |
| 1997 | #145 | 2,212 | #484 | 442 |
| 1996 | #163 | 1,924 | #462 | 469 |
| 1995 | #151 | 2,149 | #484 | 447 |
| 1994 | #145 | 2,187 | #480 | 444 |
| 1993 | #121 | 2,707 | #478 | 441 |
| 1992 | #87 | 3,961 | #472 | 456 |
| 1991 | #66 | 5,411 | #360 | 666 |
| 1990 | #94 | 3,607 | #482 | 408 |
| 1989 | #209 | 1,284 | #489 | 383 |
| 1988 | #277 | 911 | #493 | 345 |
| 1987 | #373 | 626 | #521 | 294 |
| 1986 | #364 | 653 | #509 | 299 |
| 1985 | #379 | 600 | #513 | 291 |
| 1984 | #362 | 636 | #504 | 281 |
| 1983 | #348 | 650 | #471 | 315 |
| 1982 | #394 | 584 | #497 | 294 |
| 1981 | #722 | 228 | #553 | 236 |
| 1980 | #853 | 181 | #554 | 239 |
| 1979 | #950 | 154 | #581 | 216 |
| 1978 | #895 | 162 | #561 | 223 |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 | #675 | 157 |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | #614 | 177 |
| 1975 | #1,625 | 60 | #616 | 175 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #647 | 155 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | #772 | 106 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #873 | 87 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | #884 | 83 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | #846 | 82 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #818 | 82 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #931 | 60 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ariel! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ariel
- 55 spots since 2024 (#300 → #355)
- 156 spots since 2020 (#199 → #355)
- 218 spots since 2015 (#137 → #355)
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1982 (#722 → #394)
- Biggest drop: 55 spots in 1979 (#895 → #950)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1991 at #66 (5,411 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1990–1992
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
- Highest: 1 in 347 girls born in 1991 were named Ariel (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,889 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Ariel (28,142) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,450 (1892) | #1,510 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,613 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,241 (1911) | #1,909 |
| 1920s | 129 | #1,816 (1920) | #2,747 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,521 (1936) | #3,163 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,251 (1943) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 63 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,504 |
| 1960s | 139 | #2,350 (1969) | #3,555 |
| 1970s | 717 | #895 (1978) | #1,759 |
| 1980s | 6,353 | #209 (1989) | #428 |
| 1990s | 28,142 | #66 (1991) | #129 |
| 2000s | 16,265 | #184 (2000) | #206 |
| 2010s | 19,377 | #132 (2014) | #164 |
| 2020s | 7,120 | #199 (2020) | #266 |
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.
Ariel in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 160,469 of them was named Ariel, which outranked 47.6% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,733Wanetta12
- #3,733Wylene12
- #3,733Wynetta12
- #3,952Ariel11
- #3,952Acquanetta11
- #3,952Adrean11
- #3,952Agustina11
- #4,202Aggie10
- #4,202Aldona10
- #4,202Aletta10
Tied with 249 names at #3,952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 43,259 of them was named Ariel, which outranked 74.1% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Shelly44
- #1,129Tobin44
- #1,129Werner44
- #1,144Ariel43
- #1,144Ambrose43
- #1,144Damien43
- #1,144Derik43
- #1,163Alvis42
- #1,163Barbara42
- #1,163Buster42
Tied with 18 names at #1,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.