girls:
83.5k births since 1900
#422 (93rd percentile)
boys:
656 births since 1984
#3931 (14th percentile)
overall:
84.2k births since 1900
#768 (90th percentile)
The name Aria is the #768 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 84,159 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 90.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #422 (92.6% percentile) for all time with 83,503 births since 1900. For boys, it ranks #3,931 (14.2% percentile) for all time with 656 births since 1984.
Aria first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Aria is available in 88 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (88 years for girls and 39 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aria has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Aria reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 98.1% percentile (ranked #19) with 3,996 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 3,996 births per million (ranked 98.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Aria ranks #23 for girls (97.7% percentile) with 3,428 births per million, which is 85.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aria reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #797) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aria ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aria".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Aria. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.6% confident that Aria is pronounced as AH-ree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ree-uh, at 22.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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