girls:
25.8k births since 1986
#883 (85th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1982
#2675 (42nd percentile)
overall:
28k births since 1982
#1523 (80th percentile)
The name Arya is the #1,523 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,008 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 80.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #883 (84.6% percentile) for all time with 25,786 births since 1986. For boys, it ranks #2,675 (41.6% percentile) for all time with 2,222 births since 1982.
Arya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for boys and 1986 for girls).
The name Arya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for boys (65.6% boys from 1982 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (94.6% girls from 2005 to 2023).
For girls, Arya reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 90.4% percentile (ranked #92) with 1,662 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 1,662 births per million (ranked 90.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arya ranks #136 for girls (85.7% percentile) with 1,145 births per million, which is 68.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arya reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #775) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 55 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arya ranks #860 for boys (5.6% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Arya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.7% confident that Arya is pronounced as AHR-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ree-uh, at 21.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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