Aria

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aria: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #11 in 2018, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
130times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
47names it appears alongside

What stands out in Aria's record

England and Wales registered 1,229 births with the name in 2022, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 47 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2001	#1870
2002	#2540
2003	#1472
2004	#1715
2005	#1295
2006	#1280
2007	#1234
2008	#1135
2009	#1248
2010	#773
2011	#615
2012	#294
2013	#214
2014	#170
2015	#100
2016	#67
2017	#47
2018	#42
2019	#42
2020	#39
2021	#37
2022	#31
2023	#31
2024	#35

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #29 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #72 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #92 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2023
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in New Zealand, in 2018 (recorded 2007–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #29 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Aria appears in 7 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 11,818 births with the name.

Aria across 7 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aria's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1788 (2011)	#4270 (2024)	24 of 29	127 (1996–2024)	12 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#31 (2022)	#35 (2024)	29 of 29	11,818 (1996–2024)	1,229 (2022)
Norway · Girls	#584 (2007)	#79 (2021)	#92 (2025)	16 of 19	798 (2007–2025)	76 (2017)
New Zealand · Girls	#74 (2007)	#11 (2018)	#16 (2023)	17 of 17	1,819 (2007–2023)	172 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#893 (2009)	#58 (2023)	#72 (2025)	16 of 17	935 (2009–2025)	103 (2018)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#86 (2012)	#22 (2018)	#29 (2025)	14 of 14	2,668 (2012–2025)	248 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#203 (2012)	#22 (2024)	#22 (2024)	13 of 13	602 (2012–2024)	70 (2018)

Aria 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 Aria in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	157	10 of 10	16
2010s	5,748	10 of 10	575
2020sbusiest	5,891	5 of 10	1,178

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 1,178 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 364, from 562 to 926.

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

Aria 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 7 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in New Zealand in 2018.

Aria'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	#35	1,154	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#31	1,198	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#31	1,229	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#37	1,202	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#39	1,108	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#42	1,156	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#42	1,178	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#47	1,094	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#67	926	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#100	562	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#170	321	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#214	237	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#294	162	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#615	65	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#773	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	180	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	218	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	237	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#22	246	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	248	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#16	125	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#23	115	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#23	120	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#19	132	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#23	130	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#11	172	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#20	147	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#19	156	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#22	137	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#25	104	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#24	123	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#38	84	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#69	58	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#79	52	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#95	45	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#65	62	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#74	57	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#22	59	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#33	54	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#25	65	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#44	50	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#53	41	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#36	57	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#30	70	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#31	65	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#39	55	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#53	42	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#218	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#92	66	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#94	59	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#88	67	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#100	54	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#79	69	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#89	65	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#94	64	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#93	64	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#81	76	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#115	54	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#95	67	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#143	44	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#257	21	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#272	18	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#499	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#584	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	72	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	87	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	95	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	82	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	70	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	72	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	92	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	103	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	76	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	58	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	56	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	35	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	21	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#23	142	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 7 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,229 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 28 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.

Arhum · #2512, 12y
Ari · #74, 44y
Aria-Mae · #885, 11y
Aria-Rose · #746, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 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.

Sienna · #7, 30y
Millie · #5, 30y
Mila · #4, 34y
Charlie · #3, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bethany · #11, 33y
Bonnie · #11, 33y
Finlay · #11, 30y
Paige · #11, 36y

Comparisons involving Aria

Existing comparison pages where Aria and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Aria in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aria vs Daisy
Aria and Daisy both rose over the same years in 5 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; New Zealand · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Aria · Daisy · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Ada vs Aria
Ada and Aria both rose over the same years in 4 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Norway · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Ada · Aria · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Aria vs Aurora
Aria and Aurora both rose over the same years in 4 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Norway · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Aria · Aurora · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries

Order changes

Pairs where Aria and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Mila vs Aria
In 2019, Mila moved ahead of Aria in New Zealand · Girls — #13 and #11 the year before became #8 and #23.
Mila · Aria · 14 shared years, 2010–2023 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2019 New Zealand ranking
Aria vs Zara
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Aria moved into the top 50 at #22 in 2024 as Zara fell out of it to #64, having been #32 the year before.
Aria · Zara · 13 shared years, 2012–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Aria vs Alice
In New Zealand · Girls, Aria moved into the top 50 at #24 in 2013 as Alice fell out of it to #55, having been #37 the year before.
Aria · Alice · 17 shared years, 2007–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2013 New Zealand ranking

Aria was ranked #11 in New Zealand · Girls in 2018. 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.

Aria 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 Aria without appearing here.

Aria moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Aria

Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Aria

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aria went from #2683 to #35 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aria went from #2683 to #35 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aria went from #2683 to #35 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aria went from #2863 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.

Moved the same way as Aria

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aria went from #2863 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aria went from #2683 to #35 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aria went from #2863 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aria went from #2863 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 7 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in New Zealand in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aria

Aria at a glance

What stands out in Aria's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aria across 7 official records

Aria by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aria appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Aria

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Aria

Aria and the names beside it

Aria moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aria

Moved the opposite way to Aria

Moved the same way as Aria

Aria at a glance

What stands out in Aria's record

Aria across 7 official records

Aria by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aria appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Aria

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Aria

Aria and the names beside it

Aria moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aria

Moved the opposite way to Aria

Moved the same way as Aria