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Arie

#2,301 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Lion

Arie has been given to 6,736 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,301 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 161 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.

Babies named Arie, 2025

1 in 42,000

Arie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arie over time

In 2025, Arie went to 56% girls and 44% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arie: meaning, origin, and history

Lion

Hebrew

What Arie means

Arie means “lion”, associated with aryé.

Origin, language, and formation

Arie is used in English and Dutch. Its origins include Hebrew.

Arie comes through Hebrew אַרְיֵה.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Arie is pronounced /ˈaː.ri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,157 girls were recorded with the name Arie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 161 in 2018; its best national rank was #566 in 1882.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,654 in 2020 to #2,301 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,920 in 2015 to #2,301 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,579 boys were recorded with the name Arie between 1894 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 91 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,007 in 1905.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,999 in 2020 to #2,231 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,148 in 2015 to #2,231 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 Arie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 42,000
79 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 20,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,301
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
29,088 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arie 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 29,088 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aries were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arie was born before 2001 — so the typical Arie is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
24.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,783
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 24.6% of all recorded uses (1,024).

Is Arie 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
−635
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−647
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−381
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
49.1%
Peak was 2018 (161)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#566
1882

Spellings of Arie

Arie is not the most common spelling — Alice is, with 10.1% against Arie's 0.07%.

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 Arie is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Arie was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 8,333 girls, against 1 in 15,045 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 50,000).

212 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 8,333
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 9,091
  3. 3Alabama1 in 10,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 10,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 11,111
  6. 6Indiana1 in 12,500
  7. 7Mississippi1 in 12,500
  8. 8California1 in 14,286

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.

Where Arie is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Arie was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 35,948 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 25,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5New York1 in 50,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 50,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 50,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Arie around the world

Where Arie 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
    2018–2025
    #3,333
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • France
    2022–2025
    #6,062
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2009
    #535
    in 2009

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 Arie

People whose public names include Arie, 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.

Arie in other languages

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

AdAriAryArikOrieAdrieAriehArielArjanArjenAreArjeArsiAtroAdriàAriënsArrien

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

Arie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,301
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 647
Best rank ever
#566
1882
Peak year
2018
161 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,157
Count in 2025
79

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,231
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 232
Best rank ever
#1,007
1905
Peak year
2023
91 that year
First recorded
1894
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,579
Count in 2025
63

Names similar to Arie

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

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Names with a curve like Arie

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

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Sibling names for Arie

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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