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How popular is the name Arya?

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

Arya (female), a spelling of Aria, sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 193rd in 2025 with 264 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2019, when 427 babies were given the name, the 120th most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

Across all spellings of the name, the Aria you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Arias born in England and Wales are between 4 and 9, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Aria.

How many babies are named Arya each year?

Includes all spellings: Arya, Aria. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k2k200020201996: 51997: 91998: 71999: 42000: 92001: 132002: 102003: 282004: 232005: 332006: 422007: 552008: 612009: 532010: 892011: 1252012: 2662013: 4242014: 5652015: 8422016: 1,2282017: 1,4372018: 1,5302019: 1,5832020: 1,4792021: 1,5462022: 1,5182023: 1,4772024: 1,4192025: 1,396actual

Where does the Arya spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 3,8242000: ranked 3,9122001: ranked 3,2622002: ranked 3,4092003: ranked 1,4722004: ranked 1,8362005: ranked 1,5002006: ranked 1,2012007: ranked 9192008: ranked 9162009: ranked 1,0832010: ranked 8402011: ranked 6582012: ranked 4372013: ranked 2572014: ranked 2152015: ranked 1922016: ranked 1802017: ranked 1642018: ranked 1482019: ranked 1202020: ranked 1342021: ranked 1512022: ranked 1752023: ranked 1832024: ranked 1842025: ranked 193

Where does the Aria spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,6831997: ranked 2,4111998: ranked 2,1651999: ranked 3,2252000: ranked 2,4162001: ranked 1,8702002: ranked 2,5402003: ranked 1,4722004: ranked 1,7152005: ranked 1,2952006: ranked 1,2802007: ranked 1,2342008: ranked 1,1352009: ranked 1,2482010: ranked 7732011: ranked 6152012: ranked 2942013: ranked 2142014: ranked 1702015: ranked 1002016: ranked 672017: ranked 472018: ranked 422019: ranked 422020: ranked 392021: ranked 372022: ranked 312023: ranked 312024: ranked 352025: ranked 34

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 Arya per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,583 in 2019
Arya: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Arya most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Aria, peaked in 2019, when 1,583 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Arya spelling itself peaked in 2019, with 427 babies.

How many people are called Arya?

At least 17,000 people named Arya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Arya?

Most living Aryas are between 4 and 9; the most common age is about 6.

Is Arya becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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