Girls' name · peaked in 2014
Arianna name popularity since 1925
104,225 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Arianna. Half of them were born in 2010 or earlier, so the typical Arianna is about 16 years old in 2026. Arianna peaked in 2014 as the #40 name for girls, and it ranked #234 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 104,225
- Named Arianna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #234
- for girls in 2025 (1,323 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 104,152 girls · 73 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.62× its national share
Peak year is the year Arianna 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.
Arianna births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Arianna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1986 and 1991, Arianna became 4.8× more common, from 1 in 10,800 baby girls to 1 in 2,270.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 339 to 1 in 667.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Arianna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Arianna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Arianna 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 97 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 300 | 0 | #2,973 |
| 1980s | 1,833 | 0 | #1,092 |
| 1990s | 11,958 | 0 | #244 |
| 2000s | 37,838 | 42 | #88 |
| 2010s | 41,814 | 31 | #56 |
| 2020–25 | 10,312 | 0 | #234 |
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
55.4% of babies named Arianna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Arianna is most popular
The index compares Arianna'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 Arianna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.62× | 974 |
| Arizona | 2.22× | 2,990 |
| Florida | 1.91× | 7,193 |
| New Mexico | 1.82× | 1,048 |
| California | 1.47× | 16,213 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Arianna 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arianna (this page) | 104,152 | 2014 |
| Ariana | 120,380 | 2014 |
| Aryanna | 9,435 | 2012 |
| Ariyanna | 2,837 | 2010 |
| Arionna | 2,472 | 2004 |
| Arriana | 1,573 | 2004 |
| Arrianna | 1,463 | 2011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Arianna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Arianna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Arianna (2014).
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