Ariana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ree-AH-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #202 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #128 for girls
Ariana is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most holy”. In 2025 it ranked 202nd for girls in the UK (267 babies) and 128th for girls in the US (2,219 babies).
What does Ariana mean?
Greek: variant of Arianna, the Italian form of Ariadne
“most holy”
Also the classical name for a region covering much of present-day Afghanistan and eastern Iran.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ariana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 267 girls in the UK and 2,219 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ariana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 202nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 267 about 1 in 1,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 267 girls in the UK were named Ariana, making it the 202nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 147th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 578 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ariana than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Ariana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 389 girls in the UK were given Ariana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #202 for this spelling alone.
- Ariana 267
- Arianna 122
Among girls in 2025, it was 203rd in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Ariana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 267 | #202 |
| 2024 | 302 | #183 |
| 2023 | 352 | #165 |
| 2022 | 376 | #152 |
| 2021 | 391 | #149 |
| 2020 | 395 | #147 |
| 2019 | 447 | #128 |
| 2018 | 523 | #113 |
| 2017 | 578 | #107 |
| 2016 | 541 | #121 |
| 2015 | 532 | #121 |
| 2014 | 437 | #141 |
| 2013 | 314 | #189 |
| 2012 | 239 | #234 |
| 2011 | 167 | #326 |
| 2010 | 119 | #411 |
| 2009 | 128 | #382 |
| 2008 | 127 | #387 |
| 2007 | 75 | #548 |
| 2006 | 84 | #500 |
| 2005 | 51 | #667 |
| 2004 | 60 | #576 |
| 2003 | 53 | #608 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 38 | #722 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Ariana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 128th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,219 about 1 in 720 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,219 girls in the US were named Ariana, making it the 128th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 79th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5,504 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ariana than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Ariana in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,571 girls in the US were given Ariana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #78, up from #128 for this spelling alone.
Ariana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,219 | #128 |
| 2024 | 2,581 | #102 |
| 2023 | 2,720 | #97 |
| 2022 | 2,854 | #90 |
| 2021 | 2,983 | #88 |
| 2020 | 3,175 | #79 |
| 2019 | 3,684 | #69 |
| 2018 | 3,739 | #68 |
| 2017 | 3,890 | #67 |
| 2016 | 4,609 | #54 |
| 2015 | 4,973 | #46 |
| 2014 | 5,504 | #37 |
| 2013 | 4,422 | #54 |
| 2012 | 3,588 | #74 |
| 2011 | 3,456 | #84 |
| 2010 | 3,477 | #84 |
| 2009 | 3,701 | #82 |
| 2008 | 3,916 | #81 |
| 2007 | 4,326 | #73 |
| 2006 | 4,234 | #78 |
| 2005 | 3,981 | #82 |
| 2004 | 3,996 | #79 |
| 2003 | 3,834 | #85 |
| 2002 | 3,492 | #93 |
| 2001 | 3,377 | #92 |
| 2000 | 3,153 | #109 |
| 1999 | 2,529 | #130 |
| 1998 | 2,424 | #137 |
| 1997 | 2,319 | #138 |
| 1996 | 2,044 | #156 |
| 1995 | 1,948 | #163 |
| 1994 | 1,874 | #166 |
| 1993 | 1,534 | #190 |
| 1992 | 1,371 | #207 |
| 1991 | 1,562 | #192 |
| 1990 | 1,259 | #228 |
| 1989 | 967 | #278 |
| 1988 | 638 | #377 |
| 1987 | 523 | #429 |
| 1986 | 419 | #502 |
| 1985 | 369 | #539 |
| 1984 | 363 | #529 |
| 1983 | 380 | #509 |
| 1982 | 367 | #532 |
| 1981 | 348 | #540 |
| 1980 | 311 | #597 |
| 1979 | 136 | #1,030 |
| 1978 | 153 | #924 |
| 1977 | 105 | #1,175 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,754 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Nicknames for Ariana
Names like Ariana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara, Ariella, Athena, Eliana, Alora, Amira, Liliana, Aisha, Syeda, Sophia, Sienna, Ayla
Other spellings of Ariana
Names related to Ariana
Aarna, Oriana, Aryana, Arina, Arianwen, Aryanna, Ariyana, Arin, Arianny
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, “Ariana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariana, updated 20 October 2026.