Aryam
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-yam
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Aryam is a girls' name of Amharic origin, meaning “the highest heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Aryam mean?
Amharic: Ge'ez word used in Ethiopian and Eritrean names
“the highest heaven”
Is Aryam a girl's or a boy's name?
Aryam is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aryam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Aryam, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aryam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Aryam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Aryam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Aryam, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Aryam in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 79% of the babies named Aryam in the US were girls.
Aryam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Aryam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhya, Prisha, Saanvi, Anvi, Aarvi, Aavya, Anaya, Aarya, Anvika, Ayat, Avneet, Aashvi
Names related to Aryam
More Amharic names
Amare, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit, Kirubel
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, “Aryam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aryam, updated 20 October 2026.