How popular is the name Ariana?

Ariana ranks 203rd among girls' names in US records, with 224,922 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 62,013.

Is Ariana a unisex name?

No. Ariana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 10,901 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Arianna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#203 of girl names

Pronounced AA0 R IY0 AE1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Ariana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1957. It has been given to 224,922 children — the 203rd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 30% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2014, when 10,901 children were given it.

Arianna is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2014Girls: 10,901Boys: 16

These spellings sound identical to Ariana and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ariana?: Ariana ranks 203rd among girls' names in US records, with 224,922 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 62,013.
Is Ariana a unisex name?: No. Ariana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ariana most popular?: 2014, when 10,901 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Ariana spelled?: Arianna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.