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Aarish

Gender
Boy
Say it
AA-rish
UK rank, 2025
#1,964 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,706 for boys

Aarish is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).

Where does Aarish come from?

Root uncertain

Is Aarish a girl's or a boy's name?

Aarish is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aarish in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,964among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Aarish, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Aarish in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were given Aarish or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #781, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

2010Busiest: 18 in 20242025
Aarish in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#1,964
202418#1,528
202310#2,303
202212#1,999
202112#1,969
202013#1,829
20199#2,399
201813#1,902
20177#2,875
201614#1,804
201510#2,260
20140–
20130–
20120–
20119#2,311
20106#3,092

How popular is Aarish in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,706among boys
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 81,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Aarish, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.

Half of all the boys named Aarish in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 132 boys in the US were given Aarish or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,260, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.

2007Busiest: 33 in 20152025
Aarish in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202521#4,706
202421#4,697
202315#5,922
202217#5,441
202124#4,243
202022#4,422
201925#4,110
201831#3,520
201730#3,582
201621#4,623
201533#3,364
201418#5,062
201321#4,461
201213#6,300
20117#9,593
20105#12,224
20095#12,486
200813#6,388
200710#7,586

Names like Aarish

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Aarish

Names related to Aarish

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Aarish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aarish, updated 20 October 2026.