Aryeh
Boy · AR-yeh · Hebrew
Aryeh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,281st for boys in the US (153 babies).
What does Aryeh mean?
Hebrew
“lion”
Recalls Genesis, where Judah is called a lion's cub; it is often paired with Leib, Yiddish for 'lion'.
- Say it
- AR-yeh
Is Aryeh a girl's or a boy's name?
Aryeh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 153 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aryeh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Aryeh, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Aryeh of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Aryeh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Aryeh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Aryeh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,281among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 153about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 153 boys in the US were named Aryeh, making it the 1,281st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,451st. It first appears in the records in 1954.
2025 had the most boys named Aryeh of any year since it first appeared, in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Aryeh in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 174 boys in the US were given Aryeh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,073, up from #1,281 for this spelling alone.
- Aryeh 153
- Arye 21
Aryeh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 | #1,281 |
| 2024 | 150 | #1,303 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,701 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,374 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,339 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,451 |
| 2019 | 135 | #1,337 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,439 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,618 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,779 |
| 2010 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 98 | #1,617 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,892 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,728 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,496 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
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