girls:
76.7k births since 1892
#443 (92nd percentile)
boys:
20.8k births since 1913
#799 (83rd percentile)
overall:
97.6k births since 1892
#694 (91st percentile)
The name Ariel is the #694 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 97,581 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 91.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #443 (92.3% percentile) for all time with 76,749 births since 1892. For boys, it ranks #799 (82.6% percentile) for all time with 20,832 births since 1913.
Ariel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for girls and 1913 for boys). Birth data for Ariel is available in 123 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023 (120 years for girls and 100 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 Ariel has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.9% of babies named Ariel were girls.
For girls, Ariel reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 92.3% percentile (ranked #66) with 2,661 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 2,661 births per million (ranked 92.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ariel ranks #273 for girls (71.2% percentile) with 624 births per million, which is 23.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ariel reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 55.6% percentile (ranked #338) with 314 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 314 births per million (ranked 55.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Ariel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #460 (49.6% percentile) with 309 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ariel".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Ariel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.2% confident that Ariel is pronounced as EH-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ree-ehl, at 16.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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