Ariel
Rank in 2025
#355
recorded as girls
#558
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,384
girls 851 · boys 533
Peak year
1991
5,411 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
100,665
since 1892
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ariel was most popular in 1991, when 5,411 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 851 babies were named Ariel, ranking #355 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 851 | 355 | 533 | 558 |
| 2024 | 1,055 | 300 | 598 | 509 |
| 2023 | 1,096 | 287 | 566 | 521 |
| 2022 | 1,295 | 236 | 519 | 569 |
| 2021 | 1,351 | 220 | 507 | 557 |
| 2020 | 1,472 | 199 | 497 | 565 |
| 2019 | 1,685 | 172 | 511 | 551 |
| 2018 | 1,832 | 154 | 470 | 584 |
| 2017 | 2,076 | 142 | 600 | 488 |
| 2016 | 2,199 | 140 | 601 | 499 |
| 2015 | 2,358 | 137 | 455 | 601 |
| 2014 | 2,445 | 132 | 319 | 743 |
| 2013 | 2,140 | 145 | 298 | 759 |
| 2012 | 1,742 | 181 | 296 | 769 |
| 2011 | 1,438 | 220 | 379 | 623 |
| 2010 | 1,462 | 213 | 413 | 602 |
| 2009 | 1,577 | 205 | 475 | 556 |
| 2008 | 1,553 | 217 | 455 | 568 |
| 2007 | 1,784 | 188 | 521 | 508 |
| 2006 | 1,734 | 202 | 573 | 468 |
| 2005 | 1,568 | 222 | 438 | 547 |
| 2004 | 1,546 | 219 | 416 | 553 |
| 2003 | 1,548 | 213 | 387 | 572 |
| 2002 | 1,548 | 215 | 441 | 514 |
| 2001 | 1,654 | 197 | 405 | 538 |
| 2000 | 1,753 | 184 | 384 | 548 |
| 1999 | 1,834 | 171 | 422 | 505 |
| 1998 | 2,150 | 147 | 467 | 474 |
| 1997 | 2,212 | 145 | 442 | 484 |
| 1996 | 1,924 | 163 | 469 | 462 |
| 1995 | 2,149 | 151 | 447 | 484 |
| 1994 | 2,187 | 145 | 444 | 480 |
| 1993 | 2,707 | 121 | 441 | 478 |
| 1992 | 3,961 | 87 | 456 | 472 |
| 1991 | 5,411 | 66 | 666 | 360 |
| 1990 | 3,607 | 94 | 408 | 482 |
| 1989 | 1,284 | 209 | 383 | 489 |
| 1988 | 911 | 277 | 345 | 493 |
| 1987 | 626 | 373 | 294 | 521 |
| 1986 | 653 | 364 | 299 | 509 |
| 1985 | 600 | 379 | 291 | 513 |
| 1984 | 636 | 362 | 281 | 504 |
| 1983 | 650 | 348 | 315 | 471 |
| 1982 | 584 | 394 | 294 | 497 |
| 1981 | 228 | 722 | 236 | 553 |
| 1980 | 181 | 853 | 239 | 554 |
| 1979 | 154 | 950 | 216 | 581 |
| 1978 | 162 | 895 | 223 | 561 |
| 1977 | 105 | 1175 | 157 | 675 |
| 1976 | 63 | 1585 | 177 | 614 |
| 1975 | 60 | 1625 | 175 | 616 |
| 1974 | 36 | 2213 | 155 | 647 |
| 1973 | 42 | 1939 | 106 | 772 |
| 1972 | 31 | 2356 | 100 | 797 |
| 1971 | 26 | 2736 | 87 | 873 |
| 1970 | 38 | 2120 | 83 | 884 |
| 1969 | 30 | 2350 | 82 | 846 |
| 1968 | 27 | 2360 | 82 | 818 |
| 1967 | 13 | 3656 | 60 | 931 |
| 1966 | 10 | 4198 | 28 | 1450 |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | 43 | 1144 |
| 1964 | 16 | 3244 | 34 | 1350 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | 29 | 1455 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 27 | 1515 |
| 1961 | 11 | 4009 | 35 | 1349 |
| 1960 | 12 | 3688 | 25 | 1619 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6245 | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 16 | 2026 |
| 1957 | 11 | 3696 | 24 | 1634 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | 18 | 1886 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 8 | 4278 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 10 | 3687 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 8 | 4123 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1951 | 7 | 4385 | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | 9 | 3662 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 8 | 3892 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 13 | 2898 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | 3034 | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3388 | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 16 | 2251 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | 3444 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 11 | 2668 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | 3429 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 11 | 2579 | 13 | 1976 |
| 1937 | 8 | 3146 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | 11 | 2521 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 8 | 3156 | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3802 | 7 | 2973 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | 3274 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 9 | 2972 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 8 | 3345 | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | 14 | 2301 | 11 | 2452 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3743 | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | 12 | 2699 | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3564 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 11 | 2973 | 8 | 3260 |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | 17 | 2186 | 12 | 2486 |
| 1921 | 16 | 2282 | 10 | 2804 |
| 1920 | 22 | 1816 | 10 | 2765 |
| 1919 | 11 | 2813 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 25 | 1600 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 15 | 2204 | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | 27 | 1408 | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | 23 | 1523 | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | 9 | 2271 |
| 1913 | 19 | 1308 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 9 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 14 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | 2140 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 12 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 1932 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | 1450 | <5 | — |
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Where Ariel is most popular
- New Mexico2.4×
- Nevada1.7×
- Arizona1.6×
- California1.5×
- Texas1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 78% · boys 22% across all years