How Many People Are Named Aries?
people named Aries are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,261 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,165 babies named Aries in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
503 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "ram" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac. Some Roman legends state that the ram in the constellation was the one who supplied the Golden Fleece sought by Jason.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Aries in English. Counting Aries and these spellings together, about 15,602 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Aries, 33.7% were girls and 66.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Aries fell from 36.8% in the 1970s to 24.4% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1990s, at 55.7%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aries alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aries first appears in the records in 1970, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 503 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aries has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #661, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #661. Among girls, its best rank was #1,717, in 2019.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #661 | #2,155 |
| Best rank | #661 (2025) | #1,717 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #785 in the 2020s | #2,516 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aries alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aries were born in California than in any other state: about 854 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aries was given 1.7 times as often in California, 1.7 times in Ohio and 1.6 times in Pennsylvania.
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