# Aries (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aries/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,165 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,755 / 2,410 (34% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 114, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 48 | 3,359 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,220 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,873 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,540 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,650 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,519 |
| 2017 | 90 | 2,132 |
| 2018 | 87 | 2,164 |
| 2019 | 121 | 1,717 |
| 2020 | 97 | 1,959 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,804 |
| 2022 | 100 | 1,962 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,852 |
| 2024 | 113 | 1,779 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,155 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 1,577 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,499 |
| 2013 | 135 | 1,286 |
| 2014 | 162 | 1,164 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,191 |
| 2016 | 177 | 1,106 |
| 2017 | 179 | 1,090 |
| 2018 | 222 | 942 |
| 2019 | 234 | 930 |
| 2020 | 255 | 886 |
| 2021 | 251 | 913 |
| 2022 | 277 | 867 |
| 2023 | 323 | 782 |
| 2024 | 385 | 700 |
| 2025 | 417 | 661 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Aries

- Aries Merritt, American hurdler
- Aries Spears, American comedian

## 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.