Aristides
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- air-ih-STY-deez
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Aristides is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “son of the best”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aristides mean?
Greek: from Greek Aristeides, built on aristos 'best'
“son of the best”
Aristides the Just was an Athenian statesman and general of the fifth century BC, famed for his honesty.
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Is Aristides a girl's or a boy's name?
Aristides is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aristides in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aristides, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Aristides in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aristides in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Aristides
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aristides
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Aristides: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aristides, updated 20 October 2026.