Arrietty
Girl · AR-ee-et-ee
Arrietty is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Arrietty mean?
Literary name, perhaps from Henrietta
The heroine of Mary Norton's The Borrowers, a tiny girl who lives beneath the floorboards.
- Say it
- AR-ee-et-ee
Is Arrietty a girl's or a boy's name?
Arrietty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arrietty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Arrietty, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Arrietty than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Arrietty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Arrietty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Arrietty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Arrietty, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Arrietty in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arrietty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
Names like Arrietty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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