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Aris

#1,333 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Aris has been given to 4,606 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #1,333 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 144 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Aris, 2025

1 in 23,000

Aris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Aris went to 35% girls and 65% boys.

19142025

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.

Aris: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aris means

Aris has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Aris

A separate documented entry treats Aris as a form of Ares. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Aris as a diminutive of Adriaan. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Aris is used in Albanian and Icelandic.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,753 boys were recorded with the name Aris between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 144 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,333 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,000 in 2020 to #1,333 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,235 in 2015 to #1,333 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,853 girls were recorded with the name Aris between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 86 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,199 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,826 in 2020 to #2,328 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,415 in 2015 to #2,328 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 Aris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,000
144 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,333
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aris 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 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ariss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aris was born before 2008 — so the typical Aris is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
24.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,652
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 24.4% of all recorded uses (672).

Is Aris 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
+178
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+667
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+902
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (144)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,333
2025

Spellings of Aris

Aris is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 36.5% against Aris's 0.11%.

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 Aris is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Aris was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 19,517 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 12,500
  2. 2California1 in 14,286
  3. 3Illinois1 in 14,286
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
  5. 5Texas1 in 16,667
  6. 6Michigan1 in 20,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 20,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 25,000

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.

Where Aris is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Aris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 32,429 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 20,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 33,333
  4. 4Virginia1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 50,000
  7. 7Maryland1 in 50,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 50,000

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.

Aris around the world

Where Aris 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
    1997–2025
    #370
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2015–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2019–2024
    #520
    in 2024
  • France
    1904–2025
    #353
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #977
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1960–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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 Aris

People whose public names include Aris, 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.

Aris in other languages

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

ErisAristaAristosAristidisAristeides

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

Aris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,333
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 667
Best rank ever
#1,333
2025
Peak year
2025
144 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,753
Count in 2025
144

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,328
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 498
Best rank ever
#2,199
2023
Peak year
2023
86 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,853
Count in 2025
78

Names similar to Aris

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

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Names with a curve like Aris

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

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Sibling names for Aris

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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