Ariela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-ee-EL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,261 for girls
Ariela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).
What does Ariela mean?
Hebrew: feminine form of Ariel
“lion of God”
Is Ariela a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ariela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Ariela, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ariela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 354 girls in the UK were given Ariela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #178, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Ariela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Ariela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,261among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 177about 1 in 9,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Ariela, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,264th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 212 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Ariela in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,952 girls in the US were given Ariela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #188, up from #1,261 for this spelling alone.
Ariela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,261 |
| 2024 | 212 | #1,140 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,361 |
| 2022 | 185 | #1,285 |
| 2021 | 155 | #1,405 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,264 |
| 2019 | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,478 |
| 2016 | 149 | #1,516 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,454 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,534 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,807 |
| 2011 | 103 | #1,927 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Nicknames for Ariela
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ariela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana Arabella Ariana Ava Aria Isabella Amara Alora Sienna Gabriella Aurora Athena
Other spellings of Ariela
Names related to Ariela
Aurelia Arla Arielle Arlie Ariel Arlia Arella Areli Auriella Aryella
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Ariela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariela, updated 20 October 2026.