Ariya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-ee-a
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #361 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #614 for girls
Ariya is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “air, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 361st for girls in the UK (132 babies) and 614th for girls in the US (476 babies).
What does Ariya mean?
Italian: spelling of Aria; ariya is also Pali and Thai for 'noble'
“air, melody”
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Is Ariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 476 girls in the US.
How popular is Ariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #361among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 132about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 132 girls in the UK were named Ariya, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 331st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 158 girls. 4 boys were also named Ariya in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Ariya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,587 girls in the UK were given Ariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #361 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 75% of the babies named Ariya in the UK in 2008, and 97% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 346th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Ariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #361 |
| 2024 | 140 | #344 |
| 2023 | 147 | #330 |
| 2022 | 158 | #311 |
| 2021 | 132 | #383 |
| 2020 | 149 | #331 |
| 2019 | 154 | #332 |
| 2018 | 132 | #375 |
| 2017 | 121 | #403 |
| 2016 | 109 | #448 |
| 2015 | 80 | #588 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
How popular is Ariya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #614among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 476about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 476 girls in the US were named Ariya, making it the 614th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 579th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 599 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ariya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ariya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,932 girls in the US were given Ariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #17, up from #614 for this spelling alone.
Ariya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 476 | #614 |
| 2024 | 544 | #557 |
| 2023 | 566 | #535 |
| 2022 | 572 | #538 |
| 2021 | 576 | #535 |
| 2020 | 509 | #579 |
| 2019 | 599 | #519 |
| 2018 | 487 | #616 |
| 2017 | 458 | #642 |
| 2016 | 427 | #684 |
| 2015 | 409 | #693 |
| 2014 | 332 | #834 |
| 2013 | 276 | #922 |
| 2012 | 241 | #1,044 |
| 2011 | 171 | #1,348 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 92 | #2,172 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Ariya
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Haniya Arya Amaya Raya Inaya Ayat Amira Ayra Asiya Aadhya Abeeha
Other spellings of Ariya
Names related to Ariya
More Italian names
Sienna Enzo Bella Kiara Gemma Milani Armani Bianca Siena Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo Nella Allegra
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, “Ariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariya, updated 20 October 2026.