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Ariadne

#1,758 in 2025Girls' name

Very + holy, pure, through Ἀριάδνη

Ariadne has been given to 4,824 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #1,758 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 389 recorded.

Babies named Ariadne, 2025

1 in 28,800

Ariadne over time, 1880–2025

Girls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ariadne: meaning, origin, and history

Very + holy, pure, through Ἀριάδνη

Ancient Greek

What Ariadne means

Ariadne belongs to the name family reached through Ariadne → Ἀριάδνη. Its meaning is “very + holy, pure”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ariadne is used in English, Cebuano, Latin and Portuguese. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Ariadne comes through Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ἀριάδνη.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ariadne is pronounced /ˌæ.ɹiˈæd.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,824 girls were recorded with the name Ariadne between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 389 in 2016; its best national rank was #732 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,189 in 2020 to #1,758 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #771 in 2015 to #1,758 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ariadne?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,800
115 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,758
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,983 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ariadne sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,983 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ariadne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ariadnes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ariadne was born before 2015 — so the typical Ariadne is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,824
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.7% of all recorded uses (2,589).

Is Ariadne rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−494
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−569
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−987
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
29.6%
Peak was 2016 (389)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#732
2016

Spellings of Ariadne

Ariadne is not the most common spelling — Ariana is, with 33.9% against Ariadne's 1.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ariadne is used

Across 2016–2025, Ariadne was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 1,724 girls, against 1 in 5,975 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

258 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 1,724
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,439
  3. 3Texas1 in 2,500
  4. 4Colorado1 in 3,704
  5. 5California1 in 4,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 5,263
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 6,667
  8. 8New York1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ariadne around the world

Where Ariadne ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #845
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2015–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2022–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    2022–2022
    #7,123
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ariadne

People whose public names include Ariadne, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ariadne in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ariadne. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArianeAdrianeAriadnaArianne

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ariadne by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,758
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 569
Best rank ever
#732
2016
Peak year
2016
389 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,824
Count in 2025
115

Names similar to Ariadne

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ArianneAriadnaArizonaAriyanaArionnaAriannyArielaArianeAriyannaArissaAriellaAriyahArisbethArianahArielleAriyaArizbethAribellaAriettaArikaAriesArishaAriannahAriah

Names with a curve like Ariadne

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ariadne, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AddilynnAranzaScarletteEmmalynnAubrielleItzayanaEmmelineJurneeElliotHadleighAvalynTinsley

Sibling names for Ariadne

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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