Aariyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-ee-ya
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Aariyah is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “air, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Aariyah mean?
Italian: elaborated spelling of Aria
“air, melody”
In music an aria is a solo song, especially in opera; the Italian word comes from Latin aer, 'air'.
Is Aariyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aariyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aariyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,642nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Aariyah, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aariyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Aariyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Aariyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Aariyah, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer girls named Aariyah than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Aariyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aariyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
Nicknames for Aariyah
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aariyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Nusaybah, Aafiyah, Abeeha, Aasiyah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Aaminah, Amira, Ayra
Names related to Aariyah
Ariya, Ariyah, Aaira, Aarya, Aairah, Aariya, Arayah, Aaria, Aryiah, Aayra
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Milani, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo
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, “Aariyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aariyah, updated 20 October 2026.