# Aryan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aryan/  
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 |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “noble”, “noble one”, “honor”, “the honorable people” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæɹiən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arian |
| US babies named this | 8,854 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,106 / 748 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,346, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Originally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”) and + -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borrowed into English in the 19th century, at first as a term for the Indo-Iranian languages, and later partly extended to the Indo-European languages and peoples following a theory by Friedrich Schlegel that connected the Indo-Iranian words arya/ā́rya with German Ehre (“honor”) and some older Germanic names, thus assuming that it was the original Indo-European autonym meaning "the honorable people". The original meaning of the Indo-Iranian autonym and its possible Indo-European origin/cognates are disputed (see the Wikipedia article for further details). The same Proto-Indo-Iranian root is the ultimate source of the country name Iran. Also the doublet of Arya.

## What it means

Aryan is grouped under noble.

## 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 | 23 | 5,756 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,502 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,082 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,639 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,742 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,438 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,823 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,834 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,325 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,024 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,413 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,600 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,108 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,634 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,196 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 342 | 689 |
| 2012 | 352 | 671 |
| 2013 | 342 | 698 |
| 2014 | 317 | 747 |
| 2015 | 360 | 699 |
| 2016 | 345 | 708 |
| 2017 | 321 | 742 |
| 2018 | 300 | 773 |
| 2019 | 342 | 714 |
| 2020 | 271 | 841 |
| 2021 | 312 | 788 |
| 2022 | 302 | 820 |
| 2023 | 355 | 742 |
| 2024 | 320 | 785 |
| 2025 | 275 | 872 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 209 | 232 |
| 2012 | 200 | 244 |
| 2013 | 188 | 258 |
| 2014 | 196 | 258 |
| 2015 | 199 | 257 |
| 2016 | 218 | 245 |
| 2017 | 192 | 271 |
| 2018 | 173 | 287 |
| 2019 | 185 | 264 |
| 2020 | 158 | 291 |
| 2021 | 152 | 308 |
| 2022 | 156 | 287 |
| 2023 | 173 | 266 |
| 2024 | 146 | 306 |
| 2025 | 151 | 302 |

## People named Aryan

- Aryan Simhadri, actor
- Aryan Dutt, Dutch cricketer

## 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.