# Ariella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ariella/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Ari |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,376 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 22,371 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,238, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Ariel.

## 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 | 455 | 628 |
| 2012 | 553 | 543 |
| 2013 | 710 | 429 |
| 2014 | 846 | 386 |
| 2015 | 813 | 400 |
| 2016 | 984 | 338 |
| 2017 | 1,104 | 293 |
| 2018 | 1,171 | 283 |
| 2019 | 1,422 | 216 |
| 2020 | 1,802 | 154 |
| 2021 | 1,701 | 171 |
| 2022 | 1,633 | 183 |
| 2023 | 1,619 | 184 |
| 2024 | 1,566 | 195 |
| 2025 | 1,756 | 174 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 12,497 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 959 |
| 2012 | 66 | 635 |
| 2013 | 85 | 500 |
| 2014 | 89 | 481 |
| 2015 | 132 | 357 |
| 2016 | 145 | 338 |
| 2017 | 190 | 264 |
| 2018 | 191 | 254 |
| 2019 | 220 | 229 |
| 2020 | 263 | 186 |
| 2021 | 264 | 197 |
| 2022 | 301 | 168 |
| 2023 | 338 | 146 |
| 2024 | 374 | 132 |
| 2025 | 305 | 163 |

## People named Ariella

- Ariella Ferrera, Colombian-born pornographic actress
- Ariella Arida, Filipino actress and model (born 1988)

## 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.