# Arie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arie/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “lion” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,736 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,579 / 4,157 (62% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 171, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַרְיֵה (aryé, “lion”).

## What it means

Arie is grouped under 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 | 66 | 2,665 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,315 |
| 2013 | 80 | 2,310 |
| 2014 | 94 | 2,072 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,920 |
| 2016 | 94 | 2,085 |
| 2017 | 126 | 1,699 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,391 |
| 2019 | 153 | 1,447 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,654 |
| 2021 | 131 | 1,603 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,694 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2,034 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,666 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,301 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,368 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,069 |
| 2013 | 79 | 1,812 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,710 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,148 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,278 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,676 |
| 2018 | 79 | 1,886 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,083 |
| 2020 | 71 | 1,999 |
| 2021 | 65 | 2,173 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,099 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1,775 |
| 2024 | 82 | 1,922 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,231 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Arie

- Arie Haan, Dutch footballer and manager
- Arie Schans, Dutch association football player and manager
- Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (1941–2018)
- Arie van Vliet, Dutch sprint cyclist (1916–2001)
- Arie Bieshaar, Dutch footballer (1899-1965)
- Arie Luyendyk, Dutch racing driver
- Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer (born 1988)
- Arie Slob, Dutch politician
- Arie van Houwelingen, Dutch cyclist
- Arie Vooren, cyclist (1923-1988)
- Arie Luyendyk, Jr., Dutch-American racing driver
- Arie van Lent, football player and manager

## 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.