girls:
733 births since 1978
#4983 (13th percentile)
boys:
7.5k births since 1978
#1366 (70th percentile)
overall:
8.2k births since 1978
#2972 (62nd percentile)
The name Aryan is the #2,972 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,244 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 61.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,366 (70.2% percentile) for all time with 7,511 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #4,983 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 733 births since 1978.
Aryan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 . Birth data for Aryan is available in 43 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 38 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 Aryan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Aryan reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 39.9% percentile (ranked #531) with 183 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 194 births per million (ranked 35.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Aryan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #585 (35.8% percentile) with 194 births per million.
For girls, Aryan reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #900) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Aryan ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 39.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aryan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aryan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.5% confident that Aryan is pronounced as EH-ree-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-yuhn, at 33.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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