# Ary (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ary/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 860 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 359 / 501 (58% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 15,187 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,789 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,123 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,800 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,240 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,763 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,281 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,780 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,264 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,295 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,017 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,778 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,173 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,773 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 5,758 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,134 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,600 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,946 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,825 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,809 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8,901 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,893 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,215 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,309 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,657 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,376 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,944 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,819 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,723 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Ary

- Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter (1795-1858)
- Ary Barroso, Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964)
- Ary Abittan, French actor
- Ary Borges, Brazilian association football player
- Ary Fontoura, Brazilian actor and writer
- Ary Graça, Brazilian volleyball player
- Ary Chalus, French politician

## 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.