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Ariel name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ariel ranks #356 in female records (851 reported) and #558 in male records (533 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#356 · 851 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 204 female records (1,055 to 851); rank moved from #300 to #356.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 500 female records (1,351 to 851); rank moved from #220 to #356.
2025 male rank and count
#558 · 533 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 65 male records (598 to 533); rank moved from #509 to #558.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 26 male records (507 to 533); rank moved from #557 to #558.
Peak year in available data
2016: 2,199 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Ariel becoming more popular?

Ariel's reported female count decreased by 204 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #300 to #356. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Ariel in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for ArielFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,1990201620252016: 2,199 female records2017: 2,076 female records2018: 1,832 female records2019: 1,685 female records2020: 1,472 female records2021: 1,351 female records2022: 1,295 female records2023: 1,096 female records2024: 1,055 female records2025: 851 female records2016: 601 male records2017: 600 male records2018: 470 male records2019: 511 male records2020: 497 male records2021: 507 male records2022: 519 male records2023: 566 male records2024: 598 male records2025: 533 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025851356533558
20241,055300598509
20231,096287566521
20221,295236519569
20211,351220507557
20201,472200497565
20191,685172511551
20181,832154470584
20172,076142600488
20162,199140601499

Questions about Ariel’s popularity

How common is Ariel in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ariel ranks #356 in female records (851 reported) and #558 in male records (533 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Ariel?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Ariel only.

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