Aristotle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AIR-ih-stah-tul
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Aristotle is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “the best purpose”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Aristotle mean?
Greek: from Aristoteles
“the best purpose”
After Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aristotle a girl's or a boy's name?
Aristotle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aristotle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Aristotle, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
2025 had fewer boys named Aristotle than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Aristotle in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aristotle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
Nicknames for Aristotle
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aristotle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alessandro Luke Alexander Jace Pierce Sebastian Alejandro Adonis Ace Tate Alexis Luca
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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, “Aristotle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aristotle, updated 20 October 2026.