Given name

Aerith

Aerith is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Aerith isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Aerith through the years

Babies since 1880
781
0 boys · 781 girls
Most popular year
2025
94 babies
2025
94
#2,018 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+98%
Rising fast
02040602025Highest share 202558
Aerith in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inMissouri, Pennsylvania, Washington
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Missouri (6), Pennsylvania (9), Washington (5), North Carolina (5), Texas (11).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 94 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,018 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 98.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11).

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Aerith’s family of names

In English usage, Aerith has a conventional equivalent in the French form Aéris.

Walk Aerith’s family in the name graph

AerithAéris

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Aerith

Characters named Aerith: Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII).

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Aerith’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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