Ariadne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ariadne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ariadne: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2407
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#2226
2002	#2868
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2008	#3005
2009	#2759
2010	#2104
2011	#1545
2012	#1483
2013	#1400
2014	#1299
2015	#1204
2016	#916
2017	#1021
2018	#806
2019	#1119
2020	#1397
2021	#1007
2022	#963
2023	#1056
2024	#1036

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #1036 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2407 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1036 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ariadne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ariadne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	280	10 of 10	28
2020sbusiest	157	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ariadne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Ariadne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1036	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1056	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#963	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1007	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#806	47	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aria-Mae · #885, 11y
Aria-Rose · #746, 12y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Ariam · #1406, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arwyn · #790, 23y
Emi · #790, 28y
Iva · #790, 22y
Lilyana · #790, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Arwyn · #790, 23y
Bali · #790, 10y
Bonny · #790, 26y

Ariadne was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ariadne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ariadne without appearing here.

Ariadne moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1483 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #4050.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3005 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #4688.
Shea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Ariadne

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2278 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.
Frida Compare
In 2016 they stood at #916 and #955 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1021 and #740.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #2189.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Ariadne

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ariadne

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ariadne went from #2407 to #1036 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ariadne

Ariadne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ariadne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ariadne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ariadne and the names beside it

Ariadne moved ahead of

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Ariadne at a glance

Ariadne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ariadne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ariadne

Ariadne and the names beside it

Ariadne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ariadne

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