Girls' name · peaked in 2018
Aria name popularity since 1925
96,286 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Aria (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Aria is about 8 years old in 2026. Aria peaked in 2018 as the #19 name for girls, and it ranked #26 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 96,286
- Named Aria, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #26
- for girls in 2025 (6,130 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 95,587 girls · 699 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Aria made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Aria births per year, 1925–2025
2018 was the biggest year for Aria both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, Aria became 10× more common, from 1 in 3,080 baby girls to 1 in 301.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Aria's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Aria.
Decade by decade
Babies named Aria in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 22 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 38 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 30 | 0 | #5,843 |
| 1970s | 181 | 0 | #4,610 |
| 1980s | 516 | 62 | #2,224 |
| 1990s | 1,270 | 160 | #1,153 |
| 2000s | 4,173 | 162 | #711 |
| 2010s | 52,264 | 191 | #29 |
| 2020–25 | 37,059 | 124 | #26 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
86.7% of babies named Aria from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Aria is most popular
The index compares Aria's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Aria.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.90× | 986 |
| Arizona | 2.20× | 2,722 |
| Hawaii | 2.05× | 611 |
| Florida | 1.80× | 6,200 |
| Utah | 1.61× | 1,306 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Aria and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Aria (this page) | 95,587 | 2018 |
| Arya | 29,536 | 2019 |
| Ariah | 11,675 | 2016 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Aria's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Aria.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Aria (2018).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data