Aerial
Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Aerial was most popular in 1991, when 138 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,084 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,007 people named Aerial.
Aerial over time
How old is the name Aerial?
Aerial first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 45 of the 45 years since.
How many people are named Aerial?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,007 American births named Aerial between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,976 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Aerial in 2025?
7 American babies were named Aerial in 2025, ranking #20,040 that year.
Is Aerial getting more or less popular?
Aerial is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 12 births a year, against 36 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -68% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Aerial a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Aerial is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 2,007 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Aerial?
Roughly 1,976 Americans named Aerial are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 20 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Aerial 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