Ariyanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-ee-AH-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Ariyanna is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most holy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Ariyanna mean?
Greek: spelling of Ariyana, itself a spelling of Ariana, usually linked to Ariadne; compare Persian Aryana
“most holy”
Ariadne is the Cretan princess of Greek myth who helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Meaning borrowed from Ariyana.
Is Ariyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ariyanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ariyanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ariyanna, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Ariyanna than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ariyanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 145 girls in the US were given Ariyanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,301, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Ariyanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,758 |
| 2014 | 139 | #1,562 |
| 2013 | 155 | #1,446 |
| 2012 | 158 | #1,445 |
| 2011 | 161 | #1,415 |
| 2010 | 168 | #1,379 |
| 2009 | 151 | #1,509 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,645 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,530 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,718 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,589 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 64 | #2,434 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
Nicknames for Ariyanna
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ariyanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Amaya, Aaliyah, Ariana, Alaya, Ayla, Alessandra, Amara, Anaya, Aliana, Amina, Azariah
Other spellings of Ariyanna
Names related to Ariyanna
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Ariyanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariyanna, updated 20 October 2026.