girls:
1.6k births since 1969
#4197 (27th percentile)
boys:
6.2k births since 1970
#1496 (67th percentile)
overall:
7.7k births since 1969
#3065 (60th percentile)
The name Arian is the #3,065 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,746 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 60.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,496 (67.4% percentile) for all time with 6,193 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #4,197 (26.6% percentile) for all time with 1,553 births since 1969.
Arian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1970 for boys).
The name Arian has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.9% of babies named Arian were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for girls (54.5% girls from 1969 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (80.4% boys from 1975 to 2023).
For boys, Arian reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 45.4% percentile (ranked #485) with 244 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 244 births per million (ranked 45.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arian ranks #629 for boys (31.0% percentile) with 161 births per million, which is 65.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arian reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #896) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Arian ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 32.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arian".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Arian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Arian is pronounced as EH-ree-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ree-uhn, at 24.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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