How Many People Are Named Ariadne?
people named Ariadne are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,562 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,824 babies named Ariadne in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
389 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "most holy", composed of the Cretan Greek elements αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ariadne in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ariadne alive today is about 12 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ariadne first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2016, to 389 babies. In 2025, 115 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ariadne has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #732, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,758.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,758 |
| Best rank | #732 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,017 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ariadne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ariadne were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ariadne was given 3 times as often in Texas, 2.6 times in Arizona and 2 times in California.
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