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Ariane

#6,350 in 2025Girls' name

Very + holy, pure, through Ἀριάδνη

Ariane has been given to 3,782 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #6,350 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1978, with 164 recorded.

Babies named Ariane, 2025

1 in 184,000

Ariane over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ariane: meaning, origin, and history

Very + holy, pure, through Ἀριάδνη

Ancient Greek and French

What Ariane means

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

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From French Ariane, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ariane is used in English, French and German. Its origins include Ancient Greek and French.

Ariane comes through French Ariane and Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ariane and Ἀριάδνη.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Ariane is pronounced /a.ʁjan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,777 girls were recorded with the name Ariane between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 164 in 1978; its best national rank was #887 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,334 in 2020 to #6,350 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,658 in 2015 to #6,350 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ariane between 1982 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1982; its best national rank was #6,431 in 1982.

How common is Ariane?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 89,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,350
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ariane 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ariane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arianes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ariane was born before 1991 — so the typical Ariane is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
27.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,777
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 27.5% of all recorded uses (1,039).

Is Ariane 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
−539
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,016
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,692
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.14×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.0%
Peak was 1978 (164)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#887
1978

Spellings of Ariane

Ariane is not the most common spelling — Diane is, with 31.0% against Ariane's 0.23%.

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 Ariane is used

Across 1910–2025, Ariane was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 74,239 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 14,286
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4New York1 in 50,000
  5. 5Arizona1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8Maryland1 in 100,000

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. Ariane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ariane around the world

Where Ariane 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
    1996–2024
    #3,696
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1983–2013
    #816
    in 2013
  • France
    1908–2025
    #169
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #913
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, 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. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ariane

People whose public names include Ariane, 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.

Ariane in other languages

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

ArianaOrianeAdrianeAriadneArianne

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

Ariane by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,350
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,016
Best rank ever
#887
1978
Peak year
1978
164 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,777
Count in 2025
18

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,431
1982
Peak year
1982
5 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
1982
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ariane

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

ArielaArissaArizonaAriadnaArianneAriyanaAriadneAriyahArionnaArikaAriesArishaAriannyAriyaAriellRoxaneArieArianArianyArianiAriyannaArieleArinAriah

Names with a curve like Ariane

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

BrittaLeighannJaymieChanellReenaEliciaJordanaJaclynnShanelKeturahBrieShanell

Sibling names for Ariane

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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