Ariana

Meaning: Most holy; folk-linked to silver
Origin: Welsh arian (from Greek via Latin)

Nicknames: Ari

Girl's name · #128 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Ariana's best rank, #37, came in 2014; it has settled back to #128 today. Roughly 120,000 girls have been named Ariana since 1957.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#43 in Ecuador (2025) · #63 in Mexico (2024) · #90 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #92 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #108 in Switzerland (2025) · #140 in New Zealand (2025) · #158 in Austria (2025) · #162 in Poland (2025) · #186 in Slovenia (2025) · #203 in England & Wales (2025) · #215 in Ireland (2025) · #227 in Scotland (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Arianas

Ariana Grande — American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
Ariana DeBose — American actress
Ariana Greenblatt — American actress
Ariana Richards — American artist
Ariana Miyamoto — Miss Universe Japan 2015

In stories & tradition

Ariana Dumbledore — Harry Potter (film series)

What Arianas become

Among 203 notable people named Ariana:

Sports figures appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ariana Washington, American sprinter.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Arianna (#234), Ariana would rank around #66 with about 3,500 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Ariana and Arianna.

About 620 girls a year are given Ari as their full name.

Similar names: Arianna · Gabriella · Aria · Mariana · Aubrey · Brianna

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