girls:
3.7k births since 1952
#2829 (50th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1982
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1952
#4489 (42nd percentile)
The name Ariane is the #4,489 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,742 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 42.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,829 (50.5% percentile) for all time with 3,737 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1982.
Ariane first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Ariane is available in 69 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (69 years for girls and 1 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 Ariane has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ariane reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 21.1% percentile (ranked #597) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 100 births per million (ranked 21.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ariane ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 8.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ariane reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #691) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ariane".
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Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Ariane. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 17.9% confident that Ariane is pronounced as EH-ree-AN, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ree-AHN, at 15.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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