Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ariane

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Variant of Greek Mythological Ariadne who aided Theseus to escape from the Cretan labyrinth.
Greek

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ariane

Pronunciation

a-ria-ne

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1982 (rank #6380, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1978 (rank #887, 164 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6325, 18 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–18
2024–21
2023–15
2022–20
2021–33
2020–23
2019–44
2018–41
2017–44
2016–84

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 1998 (rank #1036, 20 births); most recent 2024 (rank #3695, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20246
20234
2022–
20213
202010
20198
201811
201714
20166

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 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1958 (rank #166, 261 births); most recent 2023 (rank #248, 248 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–248
20223259
2021–247
20203179
2019–219
2018–148
2017–130
2016–107
2015–102
2014–95

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 Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #480, 5 births); most recent 2013 (rank #816, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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