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Aryan

#872 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly noble; noble one

Aryan has been given to 8,854 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #872 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 406 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Aryan, 2025

1 in 12,100

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Aryan went to 2% girls and 98% boys.

19782025

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.

Aryan: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly noble; noble one

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aryan means

Aryan may mean “noble; noble one”, associated with ā́rya.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Originally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”) and + -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borrowed into English in the 19th century, at first as a term for the Indo-Iranian languages, and later partly extended to the Indo-European languages and peoples following a theory by Friedrich Schlegel that connected the Indo-Iranian words arya/ā́rya with German Ehre (“honor”) and some older Germanic names, thus assuming that it was the original Indo-European autonym meaning "the honorable people". The original meaning of the Indo-Iranian autonym and its possible Indo-European origin/cognates are disputed (see the Wikipedia article for further details). The same Proto-Indo-Iranian root is the ultimate source of the country name Iran. Also the doublet of Arya.

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Origin, language, and formation

Aryan is used in English.

Aryan comes through Sanskrit आर्य and Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iran and Arya.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Aryan is pronounced /ˈɛəɹi.ən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,106 boys were recorded with the name Aryan between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 406 in 2007; its best national rank was #613 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #841 in 2020 to #872 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #699 in 2015 to #872 in 2025.

In the United States, 748 girls were recorded with the name Aryan between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2013; its best national rank was #3,922 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,022 in 2020 to #15,192 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,741 in 2015 to #15,192 in 2025.

How common is Aryan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,100
275 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,210
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#872
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aryan 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aryan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aryans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aryan was born before 2013 — so the typical Aryan is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,106
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.3% of all recorded uses (3,347).

Is Aryan 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
−87
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−31
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−173
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.76×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
67.7%
Peak was 2007 (406)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#613
2007

Spellings of Aryan

Aryan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 30.2% against Aryan's 0.21%.

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 Aryan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Aryan was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 2,041 boys, against 1 in 4,883 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in 33,333).

349 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 2,041
  2. 2New York1 in 2,941
  3. 3Virginia1 in 3,571
  4. 4California1 in 3,704
  5. 5Connecticut1 in 3,704
  6. 6Washington1 in 3,704
  7. 7Illinois1 in 4,167
  8. 8Georgia1 in 4,545

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, Aryan is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 71% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Aryan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aryan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 455,344 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Missouri1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

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

Aryan around the world

Where Aryan 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
    1996–2025
    #302
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2003–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2010–2010
    #387
    in 2010
  • Ireland
    2005–2025
    #432
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2025
    #1,132
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #417
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #294
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1995–2013
    #276
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, 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 Aryan

People whose public names include Aryan, 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.

Aryan in other languages

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

RyanArianArienArjanAryono

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

Aryan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#872
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 31
Best rank ever
#613
2007
Peak year
2007
406 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,106
Count in 2025
275

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,192
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 10,170
Best rank ever
#3,922
1998
Peak year
2013
36 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
748
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Aryan

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

AryehRayanAryaAayanZayanKiyanAyanBrayanKyanRayyanRhyanKeyanAvyanRiyanOryanShayanAaryanAryavZyanReyanAryeArynAdryanAryon

Names with a curve like Aryan

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

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Sibling names for Aryan

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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