Is Aarya a boy or girl name?

Aarya is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 3,669 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 89.0% were girls and 11.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2006, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Aarya

Recorded 2000–2025 · United States

Aarya was most popular in 2020, when 270 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,763 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,276, with 192 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,669 people named Aarya.

Aarya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aarya’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aarya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aarya is mostly a girl’s name — 89.0% of the 3,669 Americans given it were girls and 11.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2006 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 95% girls and 5% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aarya

Where Aarya is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org