Ariyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-ee-an
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #968 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Ariyan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 968th for boys in the UK (35 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Ariyan mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Aryan
“noble”
Is Ariyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 40 boys in the US.
How popular is Ariyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #968among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 8,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were named Ariyan, making it the 968th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 876th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 48 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ariyan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ariyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were given Ariyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #968 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 896th in England and Wales.
Ariyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #968 |
| 2024 | 48 | #783 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 37 | #909 |
| 2020 | 37 | #876 |
| 2019 | 32 | #994 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,058 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Ariyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Ariyan, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998. 5 girls were also named Ariyan in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ariyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 288 boys in the US were given Ariyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #789, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
In 1998, 87% of the babies named Ariyan in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 11%, with more boys than girls since 2013.
Ariyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
Names like Ariyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Aviraj Avyaan Arjan Vihaan Ayaan Shivansh Atharv Arjun Yuvraj Aaryan Ishaan
Other spellings of Ariyan
Names related to Ariyan
Aryan Arin Aran Aryaan Arion Aariyan Ariana Arianna Aryanna Aryana Arianny
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Rohan Kali Opal Aadhya Siya Leena Veer Veda India Avani Rudra Agastya
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, “Ariyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariyan, updated 20 October 2026.