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How popular is the name Ariya?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ariyas are alive today.

Ariya (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 346th in 2025 with 124 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2022, when 141 babies were given the name, the 311th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Ariya is one spelling of a name also recorded as Ariyah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Ariya you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Ariyas born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 2,200 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 Ariya - on average, only one in every 144 such rooms contains a Ariya.

How many babies are named Ariya each year?

Includes all spellings: Ariya, Ariyah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

010020020202003: 32004: 52005: 52006: 32008: 92009: 82010: 172011: 202012: 222013: 412014: 632015: 892016: 1352017: 1622018: 1782019: 2272020: 1902021: 1912022: 2222023: 2272024: 2122025: 218actual

Where does the Ariya spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 3,1972005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 5,0612008: ranked 2,4872009: ranked 2,7592010: ranked 2,3922011: ranked 1,6652012: ranked 1,4282013: ranked 1,0182014: ranked 7632015: ranked 5952016: ranked 4472017: ranked 3962018: ranked 3822019: ranked 3332020: ranked 3402021: ranked 3952022: ranked 3112023: ranked 3272024: ranked 3472025: ranked 346

Where does the Ariyah spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202010: ranked 3,1562011: ranked 5,7852013: ranked 3,5362014: ranked 2,2032015: ranked 1,6492016: ranked 9752017: ranked 7712018: ranked 6572019: ranked 4692020: ranked 6432021: ranked 5212022: ranked 4992023: ranked 4382024: ranked 4742025: ranked 431

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.

Chart: babies named Ariya per year in England and Wales, 2003 to 2025, peaking at about 227 in 2019
Ariya: births per year in England and Wales, 2003-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ariya most popular?

Ariya peaked in 2019, when 227 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Ariya?

At least 2,200 people named Ariya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ariya?

Most living Ariyas are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 3.

Is Ariya becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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