Aerith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-ith
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,017 for girls
Aerith is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Aerith mean?
Modern: invented for the 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII
Aerith Gainsborough is a heroine of Final Fantasy VII; the original English release spelled her name Aeris.
Is Aerith a girl's or a boy's name?
Aerith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 94 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aerith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 123% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Aerith, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Aerith of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Aerith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Aerith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
How popular is Aerith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,017th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Aerith, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had the most girls named Aerith of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Aerith in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aerith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,251 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Aerith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Arya, Nevaeh, Aoife, Indie, Orla, River, Ayat, Maeva, Aadhya, Eden, Ayra
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Aerith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aerith, updated 20 October 2026.