Arien
Mostly boys · AIR-ee-en · Modern
Arien is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Arien mean?
Modern: variant of Arian or Aryan; also Tolkien's Arien
In Tolkien's The Silmarillion Arien is the spirit who guides the Sun across the sky.
- Say it
- AIR-ee-en
Is Arien a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Arien has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Arien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Arien, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Arien in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Arien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
In 1979, 58% of the babies named Arien in the US were girls. By 2018 it was 18%, with more boys than girls since 1980.
Arien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
Names like Arien
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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