girls:
447 births since 1889
#5269 (8th percentile)
boys:
338 births since 1917
#4248 (7th percentile)
overall:
785 births since 1889
#6954 (10th percentile)
The name Ary is the #6,954 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 785 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 10.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,269 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 447 births since 1889. For boys, it ranks #4,248 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 338 births since 1917.
Ary first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (1889 for girls and 1917 for boys). Birth data for Ary is available in 76 out of the 135 years between 1889 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 40 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 Ary has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 77.8% of babies named Ary were girls.
For girls, Ary reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #931) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1889, with 37 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ary ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 32.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ary reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #863) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ary ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 44.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ary".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ary", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 26 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ari" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ari..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ary. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.3% confident that Ary is pronounced as EH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ree, at 47.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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