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Aristotle

#5,222 in 2025Boys' name

Best, excellent + completion, perfection, through Ἀριστοτέλης

Aristotle has been given to 1,017 babies in the U.S. since 1925. In 2025 it ranked #5,222 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 31 recorded.

Babies named Aristotle, 2025

1 in 184,000

Aristotle over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aristotle: meaning, origin, and history

Best, excellent + completion, perfection, through Ἀριστοτέλης

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aristotle means

Aristotle belongs to the name family reached through Aristotle → Ἀριστοτέλης. Its meaning is “best, excellent + completion, perfection”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Via Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Aristotle is used in English.

Aristotle comes through Latin Aristotelēs and Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ἀριστοτέλης.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Aristotle is pronounced /ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,017 boys were recorded with the name Aristotle between 1925 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,406 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,867 in 2020 to #5,222 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,553 in 2015 to #5,222 in 2025.

How common is Aristotle?

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 boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,222
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aristotle 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 500Under 1%

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

When Aristotles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aristotle was born before 2003 — so the typical Aristotle is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
978
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Choose a decade

2010s — 25.2% of all recorded uses (256).

Is Aristotle 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
−1,022
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−355
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−669
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.1%
Peak was 2001 (31)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,406
1973

Where Aristotle is used

Across 1910–2025, Aristotle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 417,347 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

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

Aristotle around the world

Where Aristotle 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
    2020–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2007–2014
    #2,374
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1960–2004
    #589
    in 2004

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.

Aristotle by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,222
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 355
Best rank ever
#2,406
1973
Peak year
2001
31 that year
First recorded
1925
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,017
Count in 2025
18

Names similar to Aristotle

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

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Sibling names for Aristotle

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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