Arial Girl
How popular is Arial?
#10,913 girl name in 2025
8 baby girls were named Arial in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
1,182living people named Arial (est.)
25median age of people named Arial
1,197babies named Arial since 1880
1 in 414,418US babies born in 2025
Arial popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #10,913 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,724 in 2015, #11,085 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (69 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,990 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1981 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arial counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ariel family of names ranked #220 for girls in 2025 (#197 the year before), with 1,515 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ariel | 851 | 56% |
| Arielle | 618 | 41% |
| Aryelle | 14 | 1% |
| Aryel | 8 | 1% |
| Ariell | 11 | 1% |
| Arial | 8 | 1% |
| Ariele | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Arial by decade
Girl names about as popular as Arial
Questions
- Is Arial a boy or girl name?
- Arial is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arial were girls.
- How popular is the name Arial?
- 8 baby girls were named Arial in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
- When was Arial most popular?
- Arial peaked in 1991, when 69 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,990 in 1991.
- How many people are named Arial?
- 1,197 babies have been named Arial in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,182 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.