girls:
1.7k births since 1914
#4072 (29th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1916
#2534 (45th percentile)
overall:
4.2k births since 1914
#4236 (45th percentile)
The name Aris is the #4,236 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,181 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 45.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,534 (44.7% percentile) for all time with 2,490 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #4,072 (28.7% percentile) for all time with 1,691 births since 1914.
Aris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Aris is available in 99 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (87 years for boys and 80 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 Aris has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 53.5% of babies named Aris were boys. Interestingly, until around 1919, the name was more popular for girls (54.1% girls from 1914 to 1918), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (59.7% boys from 1919 to 2023).
For boys, Aris reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #830) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aris is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #817 (10.3% percentile) with 54 births per million.
For girls, Aris reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #866) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 49 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aris is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #866 (8.6% percentile) with 49 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aris".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Aris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.9% confident that Aris is pronounced as AH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-rihs, at 29.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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