Aerie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Aerie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “eagle's nest”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Aerie mean?
English: English word
“eagle's nest”
From the English word for an eagle's nest built high on a cliff or mountain.
Is Aerie a girl's or a boy's name?
Aerie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aerie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Aerie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Aerie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Aerie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aerie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Aerie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Rynlee, Sevyn, Briar, Collins, Oaklynn, Londyn, Braelynn, Reign, Lakelynn, Lennon, Teagan
Names related to Aerie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aerie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aerie, updated 20 October 2026.