girls:
449 births since 1991
#5267 (8th percentile)
boys:
53 births since 2007
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
502 births since 1991
#7237 (6th percentile)
The name Ariam is the #7,237 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 502 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 6.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,267 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 449 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 2007.
Ariam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Ariam is available in 28 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 8 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 Ariam has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.2% of babies named Ariam were girls.
For girls, Ariam reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #906) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ariam ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 76.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ariam reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ariam is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ariam".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ariam. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Ariam is pronounced as AH-ree-uhm, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ree-uhm, at 23.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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