# Arianna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arianna/  
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 | Ari |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 104,225 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 73 / 104,152 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,712, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Arianna, 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 | 4,700 | 52 |
| 2012 | 4,735 | 49 |
| 2013 | 5,005 | 44 |
| 2014 | 5,276 | 40 |
| 2015 | 4,548 | 56 |
| 2016 | 3,913 | 69 |
| 2017 | 3,290 | 87 |
| 2018 | 2,983 | 95 |
| 2019 | 2,516 | 116 |
| 2020 | 2,214 | 124 |
| 2021 | 1,920 | 144 |
| 2022 | 1,696 | 175 |
| 2023 | 1,595 | 190 |
| 2024 | 1,564 | 196 |
| 2025 | 1,323 | 234 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 8,193 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,250 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,785 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,223 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,686 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,864 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,414 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,831 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,811 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,853 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 427 |
| 2012 | 108 | 423 |
| 2013 | 145 | 322 |
| 2014 | 176 | 271 |
| 2015 | 197 | 253 |
| 2016 | 214 | 240 |
| 2017 | 206 | 244 |
| 2018 | 166 | 288 |
| 2019 | 128 | 348 |
| 2020 | 138 | 331 |
| 2021 | 112 | 398 |
| 2022 | 123 | 347 |
| 2023 | 98 | 417 |
| 2024 | 93 | 447 |
| 2025 | 101 | 403 |

## People named Arianna

- Arianna Romero, American soccer player
- Rose McGowan, American actress, director and activist
- Nicole Fox, American fashion model

## 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.