Ariel

Boy · recorded 1913–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #558in 2025
  • 1 in 3,204boys in 2025
  • +31%last ten years
  • 2.6×in Nevada

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

017434719131941196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 102 recorded years as a table
Ariel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
191414
19158
19168
191710
19188
19209
19219
192211
192312
19247
19276
19288
192910
19307
19318
19347
19358
19378
193812
19424
19445
19457
19464
19486
19493
19504
19516
19526
19535
19543
19553
19569
195711
19588
19597
196012
196116
196213
196314
196417
196523
196616
196734
196847
196946
197045
197149
197262
197368
197499
1975112
1976113
197796
1978136
1979125
1980134
1981132
1982162
1983176
1984156
1985157
1986162
1987157
1988180
1989191
1990199
1991330
1992228
1993225
1994230
1995235
1996248
1997234
1998244
1999220
2000196
2001208
2002227
2003196
2004210
2005219
2006279
2007251
2008223
2009239
2010215
2011200
2012156
2013158
2014166
2015237
2016317
2017324
2018259
2019285
2020288
2021290
2022297
2023331
2024347
2025312

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nevada 2.6×
  2. Arizona 2.4×
  3. New Jersey 1.9×
  4. Texas 1.7×
  5. California 1.7×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
533
Rank in 2025
#558
How rare
1 in 3,204 boys
Since 1913
21,968

Most popular in 2024, at 347 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nevada2.6×29
Arizona2.4×78
New Jersey1.9×75
Texas1.7×300
California1.7×294

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.