# Aria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “a musical aria” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 96,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 699 / 95,674 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,081, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria". Similar sounding names exist in many languages, e.g. Ariah and Arie from Hebrew, Arya from Sanskrit, and Aria, Dutch short form of Adriana.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,983 | 157 |
| 2012 | 3,233 | 92 |
| 2013 | 5,118 | 41 |
| 2014 | 5,933 | 31 |
| 2015 | 6,419 | 29 |
| 2016 | 6,949 | 23 |
| 2017 | 7,168 | 20 |
| 2018 | 7,437 | 19 |
| 2019 | 7,120 | 20 |
| 2020 | 6,143 | 27 |
| 2021 | 6,400 | 22 |
| 2022 | 6,406 | 23 |
| 2023 | 6,024 | 25 |
| 2024 | 5,956 | 26 |
| 2025 | 6,130 | 26 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,048 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,474 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,015 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,554 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,570 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,784 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,337 |
| 2019 | 19 | 4,973 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,471 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,640 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,714 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,465 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,716 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,550 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 615 |
| 2012 | 162 | 294 |
| 2013 | 237 | 214 |
| 2014 | 321 | 170 |
| 2015 | 562 | 100 |
| 2016 | 926 | 67 |
| 2017 | 1,094 | 47 |
| 2018 | 1,178 | 42 |
| 2019 | 1,156 | 42 |
| 2020 | 1,108 | 39 |
| 2021 | 1,202 | 37 |
| 2022 | 1,229 | 31 |
| 2023 | 1,198 | 31 |
| 2024 | 1,154 | 35 |
| 2025 | 1,132 | 34 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Hebrew: אריה
- Hindi: आर्या
- Portuguese: Ária
- Russian: А́рия
- Turkish: Arya

## People named Aria

- Aria Giovanni, American model and erotic glamour actress
- Aria Wallace, American actress and singer
- Aria Fischer, American water polo player
- Aria Shahghasemi, American actor
- Aria Mia Loberti, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.