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Arrius

Boys' name

Warlike; martial, through Ἄρειος

Arrius has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 2010. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Arrius, 2023

1 in 552,000

Arrius over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arrius: meaning, origin, and history

Warlike; martial, through Ἄρειος

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arrius means

Arrius belongs to the name family reached through Arrius → Ἄρειος. Its meaning is “warlike; martial”.

Origin, language, and formation

Arrius is used in Latin.

Arrius comes through Ancient Greek Ἄρειος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arīus and Ἄρειος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Arrius is pronounced [ˈar.ri.ʊs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Arrius between 2010 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2021; its best national rank was #8,224 in 2021.

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.

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How common is Arrius?

Arrius had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arrius 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 2023 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 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arrius. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arriuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arrius was born before 2020 — so the typical Arrius is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
60.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
38
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 60.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Arrius 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2021 (9)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,224
2021

Spellings of Arrius

Arrius is not the most common spelling — Darius is, with 46.6% against Arrius's 0.03%.

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.

Arrius by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,224
2021
Peak year
2021
9 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
38
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arrius

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

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Sibling names for Arrius

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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