Ariela Girl
How popular is Ariela?
#1,261 girl name in 2025
177 baby girls were named Ariela in the US in 2025, making it the 1261st most popular girl name.
Ariela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,261 for girls (▼ 121 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 177 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,454 in 2015, #1,264 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (212 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,140 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ariela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ariella family of names ranked #174 for girls in 2025 (#185 the year before), with 1,976 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ariella | 1,756 | 89% |
| Ariela | 177 | 9% |
| Aryella | 24 | 1% |
| Ariellah | 11 | 1% |
| Arielah | 8 | 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 Ariela is most popular
Babies named Ariela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (157 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (142 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (62 girls)
Ariela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35 | #4,625 |
| 1980s | 168 | #3,430 |
| 1990s | 415 | #2,527 |
| 2000s | 807 | #1,792 |
| 2010s | 1,345 | #1,357 |
| 2020s | 1,071 | #1,140 |
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Questions
- Is Ariela a boy or girl name?
- Ariela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ariela were girls.
- How popular is the name Ariela?
- 177 baby girls were named Ariela in the US in 2025, making it the 1261st most popular girl name.
- When was Ariela most popular?
- Ariela peaked in 2024, when 212 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,140 in 2024.
- How many people are named Ariela?
- 3,841 babies have been named Ariela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,811 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Ariela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ariela was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 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.