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How popular is the name Arial?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arials are alive today.
Arial (female), a spelling of Ariel, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2015 (ranked 4736th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ariel you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Ariels born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 640 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ariel - on average, only one in every 493 such rooms contains a Ariel.
How many babies are named Arial each year?
Includes all spellings: Arial, Ariel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Arial spelling rank?
Where does the Ariel spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Arial most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ariel, peaked in 2020, when 52 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Arial spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Arial?
At least 640 people named Arial in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Arial?
Most living Arials are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 6.
Is Arial becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.