Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ariana

Gender

Female

Origin

African
Silver.
Greek
Latin
Welsh
Like silver; also a variant of Ariadne

Syllables

4

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ariana

Pronunciation

a-ria-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #3203, 18 births); most recent 2022 (rank #8294, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #37, 5,478 births); most recent 2025 (rank #128, 2,219 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–2,219
2024–2,569
2023–2,718
202292,853
2021–2,982
2020–3,171
2019–3,683
201853,738
201753,888
201654,608

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

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #104, 524 births); most recent 2025 (rank #203, 247 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025247
2024279
2023322
2022352
2021354
2020359
2019410
2018458
2017524
2016475

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

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #414, 137 births); most recent 2023 (rank #431, 125 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023125
2022137
2021111
2020106
2019126
2018127
201799
201664
201569
201448

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

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #156, 37 births); most recent 2025 (rank #217, 20 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202520
202418
202315
202232
202129
202019
201930
201826
201721
201634

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

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #94, 50 births); most recent 2025 (rank #226, 16 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202516
202420
202322
202216
202124
202028
201926
201845
201744
201650

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

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #119, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #334, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20243
20238
20228
202113
20208
201911
201820
201710
201616

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)

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #82, 40 births); most recent 2023 (rank #156, 19 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202319
202220
202126
202025
201930
201827
201733
201629
201537
201434

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