Ariah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-ee-a
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #752 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #636 for girls
Ariah is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “air, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 752nd for girls in the UK (53 babies) and 636th for girls in the US (457 babies).
What does Ariah mean?
Italian: spelling of Aria
“air, melody”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the UK and 457 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ariah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #752among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were named Ariah, making it the 752nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 493rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 129 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ariah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,587 girls in the UK were given Ariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #752 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 733rd in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Ariah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #752 |
| 2024 | 46 | #856 |
| 2023 | 66 | #617 |
| 2022 | 86 | #508 |
| 2021 | 79 | #559 |
| 2020 | 89 | #493 |
| 2019 | 129 | #373 |
| 2018 | 111 | #439 |
| 2017 | 109 | #451 |
| 2016 | 94 | #505 |
| 2015 | 44 | #900 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Ariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #636among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 457about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 457 girls in the US were named Ariah, making it the 636th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 400th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,046 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ariah than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Ariah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,932 girls in the US were given Ariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #17, up from #636 for this spelling alone.
Ariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 457 | #636 |
| 2024 | 516 | #585 |
| 2023 | 593 | #512 |
| 2022 | 688 | #461 |
| 2021 | 728 | #433 |
| 2020 | 778 | #400 |
| 2019 | 869 | #364 |
| 2018 | 926 | #343 |
| 2017 | 1,011 | #323 |
| 2016 | 1,046 | #310 |
| 2015 | 608 | #515 |
| 2014 | 409 | #692 |
| 2013 | 388 | #715 |
| 2012 | 329 | #814 |
| 2011 | 252 | #999 |
| 2010 | 256 | #988 |
| 2009 | 241 | #1,059 |
| 2008 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,370 |
| 2006 | 177 | #1,324 |
| 2005 | 177 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,533 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,994 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
Nicknames for Ariah
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Amira Safa Nusaybah Aaminah Zainab Amaya Sumayyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Ayra
Other spellings of Ariah
Names related to Ariah
More Italian names
Sienna Enzo Bella Kiara Gemma Milani Armani Bianca Siena Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo Nella Allegra
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, “Ariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariah, updated 20 October 2026.