Ariadna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-ree-AHD-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,417 for girls
Ariadna is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most holy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,417th for girls in the US (153 babies).
What does Ariadna mean?
Greek: Spanish, Catalan and Russian form of Ariadne
“most holy”
In Greek myth Ariadne gave Theseus the thread that guided him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Is Ariadna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariadna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 153 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ariadna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ariadna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ariadna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Ariadna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,417among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 153about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 153 girls in the US were named Ariadna, making it the 1,417th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,533rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 223 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had fewer girls named Ariadna than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ariadna in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ariadna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 | #1,417 |
| 2024 | 194 | #1,217 |
| 2023 | 180 | #1,273 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,190 |
| 2021 | 223 | #1,109 |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,533 |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,415 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,353 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,358 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,728 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 154 | #1,508 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,560 |
| 2005 | 132 | #1,547 |
| 2004 | 130 | #1,532 |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,541 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 61 | #2,226 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Nicknames for Ariadna
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ariadna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara Aria Alora Amira Ariella Ayla Arabella Eliana Sophia Safa Esme Amaya
Names related to Ariadna
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Ariadna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariadna, updated 20 October 2026.