# Ariadne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ariadne/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌæ.ɹiˈæd.ni/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arianne, Aryanne |
| US babies named this | 4,824 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,824 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 550, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

## 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 | 175 | 1,329 |
| 2012 | 117 | 1,762 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,221 |
| 2014 | 350 | 801 |
| 2015 | 367 | 771 |
| 2016 | 389 | 732 |
| 2017 | 353 | 777 |
| 2018 | 286 | 934 |
| 2019 | 258 | 1,000 |
| 2020 | 195 | 1,189 |
| 2021 | 212 | 1,155 |
| 2022 | 207 | 1,166 |
| 2023 | 213 | 1,137 |
| 2024 | 184 | 1,264 |
| 2025 | 115 | 1,758 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 40 | 916 |
| 2017 | 35 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 47 | 806 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 36 | 963 |
| 2023 | 32 | 1,056 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 42 | 845 |

## People named Ariadne

- Ariadne, Byzantine empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I

## 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.