Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Arya name popularity since 1925
31,871 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Arya (92.7% girls, 7.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Arya is about 7 years old in 2026. Arya peaked in 2019 as the #92 name for girls, and it ranked #158 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,871
- Named Arya, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #158
- for girls in 2025 (1,858 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 92.7% girls
- 29,536 girls · 2,335 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 1.88× its national share
Peak year is the year Arya 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.
Arya births per year, 1925–2025
2019 was the biggest year for Arya both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, Arya became 6.8× more common, from 1 in 7,750 baby girls to 1 in 1,150.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 37%, from 1 in 550 to 1 in 868.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Arya's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Arya.
Decade by decade
Babies named Arya 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 | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 10 | 140 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 78 | 284 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 1,229 | 864 | #1,742 |
| 2010s | 15,433 | 723 | #200 |
| 2020–25 | 12,786 | 324 | #158 |
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
86.5% of babies named Arya from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Arya is most popular
The index compares Arya'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 Arya.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.88× | 2,055 |
| Arizona | 1.79× | 703 |
| Washington | 1.57× | 795 |
| California | 1.53× | 4,885 |
| New Jersey | 1.46× | 1,215 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Arya 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arya (this page) | 29,536 | 2019 |
| Aria | 95,587 | 2018 |
| Ariya | 7,370 | 2019 |
| Araya | 4,188 | 2022 |
| Aarya | 3,267 | 2020 |
| Aryah | 2,180 | 2019 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Arya's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Arya.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Arya (2019).
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