Given name & surname
Aria
“a beautiful melody”
Aria is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a beautiful melody.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a beautiful melody.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Aria is a short form of Adriana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96,373
- 699 boys · 95,674 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7,454 babies
- 2025
- 6,152
- #26 for girls · #4,550 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6,130 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 26 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7,437 in 2018. It also appeared in 22 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (977). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 53,360 as a first name in 2020; 568 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aria’s family of names
In English usage, Aria is a short form of Adriana. In English usage, Aria has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Arya. Aria has a related form in Ariah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aria has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Englishwhere Aria comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aria
- Aria WallaceAmerican actress and singerborn 1996
- Arya YousefiIranian footballerborn 2002
- Aria FischerAmerican water polo playerborn 1999
- Aria ShahghasemiAmerican actorborn 1996
- Aria BedmarSpanish actress, dancer and modelborn 1994
- Aria Mia LobertiAmerican actress
- Aria JohnsonAmerican recording artist, songwriter, and actressborn 1983
- Aria CurzonAmerican actressborn 1987
- Aria Dinatabadminton playerborn 2003
Characters named Aria: Aria Montgomery (the Pretty Little Liars Series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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