Ariana Girl
How popular is Ariana?
#128 girl name in 2025
2,219 baby girls were named Ariana in the US in 2025, making it the 128th most popular girl name.
Ariana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #128 for girls (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,219 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #46 in 2015, #79 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (5,504 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ariana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ariana family of names ranked #84 for girls in 2025 (#61 the year before), with 3,751 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ariana | 2,219 | 59% |
| Arianna | 1,323 | 35% |
| Aryanna | 86 | 2% |
| Aryana | 89 | 2% |
| Ariannah | 7 | 0% |
| Arianah | 11 | 0% |
| Arrianna | 6 | 0% |
| Aariana | 5 | 0% |
| Airiana | 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.
Where Ariana is most popular
Babies named Ariana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 4.0 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- New Mexico: 3.3 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Nevada: 3.3 per 1,000 (151 girls)
- Delaware: 3.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- California: 3.0 per 1,000 (2,510 girls)
Ariana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,947 |
| 1970s | 788 | #924 |
| 1980s | 4,685 | #278 |
| 1990s | 18,864 | #130 |
| 2000s | 38,010 | #73 |
| 2010s | 41,342 | #37 |
| 2020s | 16,532 | #79 |
Girl names about as popular as Ariana
Questions
- Is Ariana a boy or girl name?
- Ariana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ariana were girls.
- How popular is the name Ariana?
- 2,219 baby girls were named Ariana in the US in 2025, making it the 128th most popular girl name.
- When was Ariana most popular?
- Ariana peaked in 2014, when 5,504 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 2014.
- How many people are named Ariana?
- 120,580 babies have been named Ariana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 119,455 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Ariana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ariana was most common in District of Columbia, at 4.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.