# Ariah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ariah/  
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 | “god has promised. also”, “lion of god” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,751 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76 / 11,675 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 817, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אַרְיֵה (“God has promised. Also, lion of God”).

## What it means

Ariah is grouped under god and lion.

## 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 | 252 | 999 |
| 2012 | 329 | 814 |
| 2013 | 388 | 715 |
| 2014 | 409 | 692 |
| 2015 | 608 | 515 |
| 2016 | 1,046 | 311 |
| 2017 | 1,011 | 323 |
| 2018 | 926 | 343 |
| 2019 | 869 | 364 |
| 2020 | 778 | 400 |
| 2021 | 728 | 433 |
| 2022 | 688 | 461 |
| 2023 | 593 | 512 |
| 2024 | 516 | 585 |
| 2025 | 457 | 636 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 11,099 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,856 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,843 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,802 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,731 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,884 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,641 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,496 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,814 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 70 | 605 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 89 | 484 |
| 2019 | 101 | 417 |
| 2020 | 76 | 525 |
| 2021 | 68 | 576 |
| 2022 | 78 | 509 |
| 2023 | 60 | 622 |
| 2024 | 46 | 811 |
| 2025 | 50 | 733 |

## 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.