Arye
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-yeh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Arye is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Arye mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Aryeh
“lion”
Recalls Genesis, where Judah is called a lion's cub; it is often paired with Leib, Yiddish for 'lion'.
Meaning borrowed from Aryeh.
Is Arye a girl's or a boy's name?
Arye 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 Arye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Arye, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had more boys named Arye than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Arye in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 174 boys in the US were given Arye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,073, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
- Aryeh 153
- Arye 21
Arye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
Names like Arye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Asher Adriel Noah Cohen Azriel Zion Ezra Asa Levi Abdiel Judah
Other spellings of Arye
Names related to Arye
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Arye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arye, updated 20 October 2026.