Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ari

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Lion

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Animal
  • Exotic
  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ari

Pronunciation

a-ri

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #328, 1,029 births); most recent 2025 (rank #393, 808 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #435, 721 births); most recent 2025 (rank #614, 476 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025808476
2024805569
2023974663
20221,029721
2021956658
2020787634
2019860505
2018870397
2017802340
2016751278

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #237, 204 births); most recent 2025 (rank #310, 145 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #934, 38 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1167, 28 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202514528
202415738
202320432
202218125
202116013
202011313
201910412
2018875
2017836
2016726

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #863, 45 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202345
202229
202138
202028
201923
201815
201724
201623
201512
201423

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #379, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #642, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20254
20249
20237
20225
20218
20203
20195
20183
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #231, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #441, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
202575
2024134
202318–
202218–
2021114
202073
20198–
20188–
20173–
20167–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #285, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20226
20213
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #144, 24 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #514, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023246
202218–
2021155
202017–
201920–
201821–
201721–
201623–
201521–
201415–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence