# Ariane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ariane/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arianne |
| US babies named this | 3,782 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 3,777 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 327, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Ariane, 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 | 32 | 4,478 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,173 |
| 2013 | 161 | 1,415 |
| 2014 | 148 | 1,502 |
| 2015 | 129 | 1,658 |
| 2016 | 84 | 2,272 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,489 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,684 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,505 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,338 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,255 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,014 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,284 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,814 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,351 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 6,433 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 14 | 1,901 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## People named Ariane

- Ariane Mnouchkine, French theater and film director, theater director and author
- Ariane Ascaride, French actress
- Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
- Ariane Labed, French actress
- Ariane Hingst, German association football player
- Ariane Rädler, Austrian alpine ski racer
- Ariane Sherine, British writer
- Ariane de Rothschild, French baroness
- Ariane Moffatt, Canadian musician
- Ariane Schluter, Dutch actress (born 1966)
- Ariane Astrid Atodji, Cameroon filmmaker
- Ariane Fortin, Canadian boxer

## 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.