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Girl's name · #26 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Aria first appeared in 1900, vanished from the records entirely for 15 years, and since returning in 1946 has climbed back to #26. About 96,000 girls have carried it in all.
Already rising, US births of Aria increased from 596 in 2009 to 904 in 2010, when Pretty Little Liars introduced Aria Montgomery, then reached 1,983 in 2011. Giannis and Mariah Antetokounmpo chose the name for their daughter, Aria Capri, born in 2025.
See where Aria is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Aria is especially popular in New Zealand.
#9 in New Zealand (2025) · #25 in Scotland (2025) · #27 in Switzerland (2025) · #27 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #29 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #31 in Croatia (2025) · #34 in England & Wales (2025) · #34 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #49 in N. Ireland (2025) · #50 in Slovenia (2025) · #59 in France (2025) · #62 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) and 12 more.
Among 97 notable people named Aria:
Entertainers appear 3.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aria Wallace, American actress and singer.
Together with its spelling variants Ariyah (#367), Ariya (#615), and Ariah (#636), Aria would rank around #11 with about 7,900 births last year — the newborns split about 77/11/6/6 across Aria, Ariyah, Ariya, and Ariah.
Similar names: Camila · Ariana · Freya · Emilia · Luna · Nova
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