girls:
2.2k births since 1972
#3662 (36th percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1970
#1964 (57th percentile)
overall:
6.2k births since 1970
#3454 (55th percentile)
The name Aries is the #3,454 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,157 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 55.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,964 (57.2% percentile) for all time with 3,947 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #3,662 (35.9% percentile) for all time with 2,210 births since 1972.
Aries first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Aries is available in 53 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (53 years for boys and 49 years for girls). 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 Aries has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 74.9% of babies named Aries were boys.
For boys, Aries reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 32.9% percentile (ranked #612) with 174 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 174 births per million (ranked 32.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2005, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Aries is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #612 (32.9% percentile) with 174 births per million.
For girls, Aries reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #829) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aries ranks #845 for girls (10.8% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 92.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aries".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aries. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Aries is pronounced as EH-reez, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-reez, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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