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Ariyon

Gender
Boy
Say it
AIR-ee-on
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#4,706 for boys

Ariyon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).

What does Ariyon mean?

Greek: probably a respelling of Arion

In Greek legend the poet Arion was carried to safety on the back of a dolphin.

Is Ariyon a girl's or a boy's name?

Ariyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ariyon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,706among boys
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 81,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Ariyon, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.

Half of all the boys named Ariyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Ariyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.

2004Busiest: 67 in 20202025
Ariyon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202521#4,706
202416#5,655
202314#6,215
202225#4,180
202134#3,360
202067#2,094
201920#4,802
20188#8,813
201711#7,091
201615#5,785
201510#7,486
20145#12,102
20137#9,650
201210#7,553
20115#12,280
20108#8,797
200914#6,091
20085#12,546
20070–
20060–
20056#10,144
20045#11,348

Nicknames for Ariyon

Names like Ariyon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Ariyon

Names related to Ariyon

More Greek names

Every Greek name

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, “Ariyon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ariyon, updated 20 October 2026.