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How popular is the name Ari?

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

Ari (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 310th in 2025 with 145 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 204 babies were given the name, the 237th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.

The Ari you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Aris born in England and Wales are between 3 and 10, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ari - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Ari.

How many babies are named Ari each year?

0100200200020201996: 51998: 71999: 32001: 62002: 82003: 162004: 102005: 122006: 92007: 162008: 202009: 212010: 322011: 222012: 352013: 372014: 402015: 522016: 722017: 832018: 872019: 1042020: 1132021: 1602022: 1812023: 2042024: 1572025: 145actual

Where does Ari rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 2,9432001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 1,6512003: ranked 1,0922004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 1,5342006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 1,3612008: ranked 1,2062009: ranked 1,1752010: ranked 8972011: ranked 1,1582012: ranked 8662013: ranked 8212014: ranked 7812015: ranked 6562016: ranked 5422017: ranked 4882018: ranked 4652019: ranked 4102020: ranked 3772021: ranked 2972022: ranked 2602023: ranked 2372024: ranked 2862025: ranked 310

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 Ari per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 204 in 2023
Ari: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ari most popular?

Ari peaked in 2023, when 204 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ari?

At least 1,600 people named Ari born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ari?

Most living Aris are between 3 and 10; the most common age is about 4.

Is Ari becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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