Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ariya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,400
- 30 boys · 7,370 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 599 babies
- 2025
- 476
- #615 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 476 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 615 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 599 in 2019. In 2025, California and Florida shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (45 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,639 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ariya’s family of names
In French usage, Ariya has a conventional equivalent in the Persian form آریا.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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