How Many People Are Named Arya?
people named Arya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,795 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,871 babies named Arya in Social Security records from 1982 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Arya, 92.7% were girls and 7.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Arya rose from 6.7% in the 1980s to 97.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arya alive today is about 7 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arya first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2019, to 3,100 babies. In 2025, 1,912 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arya never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #92, in 2019, and it was in the top 100 in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #158.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #158 |
| Best rank | #92 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (2019 to 2019) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #211 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arya were born in California than in any other state: about 4,848 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arya was given 2 times as often in Hawaii, 1.6 times in Alaska and 1.5 times in New Jersey.
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