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Arris

#6,169 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Arris has been given to 196 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #6,169 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 34 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Arris, 2025

1 in 237,000

Arris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Arris went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19162025

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.

Arris: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arris means

Arris is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arris is used in Norwegian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 181 boys were recorded with the name Arris between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2023; its best national rank was #3,421 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,552 in 2020 to #6,169 in 2025.

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Arris between 2017 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2017; its best national rank was #15,460 in 2023.

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 Arris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,169
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arris 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arris was born before 2021 — so the typical Arris is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
60.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
171
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Choose a decade

2020s — 60.2% of all recorded uses (109).

Is Arris 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
−1,271
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,383
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
41.2%
Peak was 2023 (34)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,421
2023

Spellings of Arris

Arris is not the most common spelling — Chris is, with 28.6% against Arris's 0.04%.

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.

Arris around the world

Where Arris 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
    2017–2017
    #4,812
    in 2017
  • France
    1999–2025
    #1,537
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2021
    #2,989
    in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Arris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,169
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,383
Best rank ever
#3,421
2023
Peak year
2023
34 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
181
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,460
2023
Peak year
2017
5 that year
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
15
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arris

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

ArranArrenArrianSirisWarisJarisArrieAarisArrinKyrisKhrisCyrisSyrisAerisEdrisFenrisAndrisArrickArrowAirisAmirisAdrisArrionBaris

Sibling names for Arris

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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