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Arya

Pronounced AA1 R Y AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2019
  • 39 years in use
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How popular is Arya?

Arya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1986. It has been given to 32,546 children — the 729th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 3,244 children were given it.

01,2502,5003,7505,0001990200020102020
2019Girls: 3,244Boys: 49

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AA1 R Y AA1
Stress pattern:
11
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Arya

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

Sibling names for Arya

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Arya?
Arya ranks 729th among girls' names in US records, with 32,546 births since 1986. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,952.
Is Arya a unisex name?
No. Arya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Arya most popular?
2019, when 3,244 children were given the name. It has been in use for 39 years and is still recorded as of 2024.