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Aries

#661 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Ram

Aries has been given to 7,165 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #661 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 417 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Aries, 2025

1 in 7,950

Aries over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Aries went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

19702025

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.

Aries: meaning, origin, and history

Ram

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aries means

Aries means “ram”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,755 boys were recorded with the name Aries between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 417 in 2025; its best national rank was #661 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #886 in 2020 to #661 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,191 in 2015 to #661 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,410 girls were recorded with the name Aries between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 121 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,717 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,959 in 2020 to #2,155 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,650 in 2015 to #2,155 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.

How common is Aries?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,950
417 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,100
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#661
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,512 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aries sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,512 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aries. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ariess were born

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

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,755
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (1,908).

Is Aries 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
+39
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+225
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+530
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.69×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (417)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#661
2025

Spellings of Aries

Aries is not the most common spelling — Darius is, with 14.3% against Aries's 1.3%.

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 Aries is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Aries was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 2,632 boys, against 1 in 6,553 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

338 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 2,632
  2. 2Nevada1 in 2,857
  3. 3Indiana1 in 3,448
  4. 4Arizona1 in 4,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 4,348
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 4,348
  7. 7Michigan1 in 4,762
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 5,000

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.

Geographically, Aries is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 52% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Aries is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Aries was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 19,609 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  2. 2Arizona1 in 12,500
  3. 3Michigan1 in 12,500
  4. 4Ohio1 in 14,286
  5. 5Texas1 in 14,286
  6. 6California1 in 16,667
  7. 7Florida1 in 16,667
  8. 8Indiana1 in 20,000

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.

Aries around the world

Where Aries 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
    2017–2025
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #977
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Aries

People whose public names include Aries, 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.

Aries by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#661
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 225
Best rank ever
#661
2025
Peak year
2025
417 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,755
Count in 2025
417

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,155
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 196
Best rank ever
#1,717
2019
Peak year
2019
121 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,410
Count in 2025
86

Names similar to Aries

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

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Names with a curve like Aries

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

ZahirZaydZamirDakariBenicioGatlinYahyaJakariElielIdrisAnakinOsiris

Sibling names for Aries

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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