Arianna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ree-AH-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #386 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #234 for girls
Arianna is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most holy”. In 2025 it ranked 386th for girls in the UK (122 babies) and 234th for girls in the US (1,323 babies).
What does Arianna mean?
Greek: Italian form of Ariadne
“most holy”
Monteverdi's opera L'Arianna (1608) is lost except for its famous lament.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Arianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Arianna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 122 girls in the UK and 1,323 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arianna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 386th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 122 about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 122 girls in the UK were named Arianna, making it the 386th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 312th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 288 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arianna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 389 girls in the UK were given Arianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #386 for this spelling alone.
- Ariana 267
- Arianna 122
Among girls in 2025, it was 403rd in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Arianna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #386 |
| 2024 | 120 | #397 |
| 2023 | 121 | #385 |
| 2022 | 136 | #356 |
| 2021 | 133 | #381 |
| 2020 | 167 | #312 |
| 2019 | 145 | #347 |
| 2018 | 217 | #251 |
| 2017 | 265 | #214 |
| 2016 | 288 | #206 |
| 2015 | 267 | #220 |
| 2014 | 234 | #239 |
| 2013 | 186 | #278 |
| 2012 | 135 | #388 |
| 2011 | 121 | #418 |
| 2010 | 93 | #490 |
| 2009 | 110 | #433 |
| 2008 | 84 | #513 |
| 2007 | 56 | #678 |
| 2006 | 58 | #632 |
| 2005 | 54 | #644 |
| 2004 | 45 | #698 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 43 | #676 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 41 | #674 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 33 | #775 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Arianna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 234th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,323 about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,323 girls in the US were named Arianna, making it the 234th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 124th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5,276 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Arianna than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Arianna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,571 girls in the US were given Arianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #78, up from #234 for this spelling alone.
Arianna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,323 | #234 |
| 2024 | 1,564 | #196 |
| 2023 | 1,595 | #190 |
| 2022 | 1,696 | #175 |
| 2021 | 1,920 | #144 |
| 2020 | 2,214 | #124 |
| 2019 | 2,516 | #116 |
| 2018 | 2,983 | #95 |
| 2017 | 3,290 | #87 |
| 2016 | 3,913 | #69 |
| 2015 | 4,548 | #56 |
| 2014 | 5,276 | #40 |
| 2013 | 5,005 | #44 |
| 2012 | 4,735 | #49 |
| 2011 | 4,700 | #52 |
| 2010 | 4,848 | #54 |
| 2009 | 4,845 | #52 |
| 2008 | 4,426 | #66 |
| 2007 | 4,481 | #70 |
| 2006 | 4,292 | #76 |
| 2005 | 3,673 | #88 |
| 2004 | 3,686 | #86 |
| 2003 | 3,796 | #86 |
| 2002 | 2,965 | #114 |
| 2001 | 3,015 | #108 |
| 2000 | 2,659 | #128 |
| 1999 | 2,063 | #157 |
| 1998 | 1,841 | #167 |
| 1997 | 1,706 | #177 |
| 1996 | 1,369 | #214 |
| 1995 | 1,159 | #244 |
| 1994 | 983 | #281 |
| 1993 | 731 | #352 |
| 1992 | 650 | #396 |
| 1991 | 827 | #323 |
| 1990 | 629 | #411 |
| 1989 | 502 | #472 |
| 1988 | 251 | #747 |
| 1987 | 197 | #861 |
| 1986 | 159 | #987 |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,091 |
| 1984 | 112 | #1,179 |
| 1983 | 137 | #1,024 |
| 1982 | 148 | #994 |
| 1981 | 109 | #1,200 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,433 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,821 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
Nicknames for Arianna
Names like Arianna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariella, Eliana, Athena, Aria, Amara, Alora, Sienna, Arabella, Sophia, Ava, Liliana, Isabella
Other spellings of Arianna
Names related to Arianna
Aryana, Arina, Arianwen, Aryanna, Ariyana, Arianne, Orianna, Arianny, Ariyan, Ariyanna
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, “Arianna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arianna, updated 20 October 2026.