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Ariah

#636 in 2025Girls' name

God has promised. Also, lion of God

Ariah has been given to 11,751 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #636 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 1,046 recorded.

Babies named Ariah, 2025

1 in 7,250

Ariah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ariah: meaning, origin, and history

God has promised. Also, lion of God

Hebrew

What Ariah means

Ariah means “God has promised. Also, lion of God”, associated with אַרְיֵה.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew אַרְיֵה (“God has promised. Also, lion of God”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ariah (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ariah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Ariah comes through Hebrew אַרְיֵה.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,675 girls were recorded with the name Ariah between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,046 in 2016; its best national rank was #311 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #400 in 2020 to #636 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #515 in 2015 to #636 in 2025.

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Ariah between 2009 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2024; its best national rank was #7,809 in 2024.

How common is Ariah?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,250
457 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 3,520
0.03% of girls
Rank, 2025
#636
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,029 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ariah 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 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 5,029 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ariah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ariahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ariah was born before 2017 — so the typical Ariah is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,675
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.2% of all recorded uses (6,094).

Is Ariah 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
−51
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−236
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−121
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.7%
Peak was 2016 (1,046)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#311
2016

Spellings of Ariah

Ariah is not the most common spelling — Sarah is, with 37.5% against Ariah's 0.40%.

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 Ariah is used

Across 2016–2025, Ariah was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 840 girls, against 1 in 1,834 across all states with data. It was least common in Nebraska (1 in 9,091).

11119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 840
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 971
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,220
  4. 4Maryland1 in 1,250
  5. 5Georgia1 in 1,282
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 1,299
  7. 7Alabama1 in 1,316
  8. 8Florida1 in 1,370

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.

Geographically, Ariah is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 29% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Ariah around the world

Where Ariah 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
    2007–2025
    #733
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2023
    #482
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2015–2025
    #397
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2016–2025
    #718
    in 2025
  • France
    2015–2025
    #3,749
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2003–2024
    #746
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1992–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA 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.

Ariah by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#636
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 236
Best rank ever
#311
2016
Peak year
2016
1,046 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,675
Count in 2025
457

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,809
2024
Peak year
2024
10 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
76
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ariah

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

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Names with a curve like Ariah

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

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Sibling names for Ariah

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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