Name Legacy

Ariyan

Recorded 1993–2025 · United States

Ariyan was most popular in 1998, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,532 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,994, with 45 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 998 people named Ariyan.

Most popular in1998
Rank that year#3,532
Births that year70
Total since 1880998
Given to60% boys

Ariyan over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Ariyan’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ariyan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ariyan is a unisex name — 39.9% of the 998 Americans given it were girls and 60.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 22% girls and 78% 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.

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Where Ariyan 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