Arian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arian: Recorded since 1986, it reached #127 in 2020, and it stood at #177 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#127highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
2000	#3247
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2006	#3548
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2018	#5666

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 35 of the 40 years from 1986 to 2025.

In 2025: #177 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1986–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #610 among boys in Norway in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1986–2025
Highest recorded position: #127 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1986–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #177 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Arian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1986, and has registered 747 births with the name.

Arian across 4 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.

Arian'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
Norway · Boys	#610 (1986)	#127 (2020)	#177 (2025)	35 of 40	747 (1986–2025)	42 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#664 (2024)	#664 (2024)	29 of 29	792 (1996–2024)	56 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#5666 (2018)	10 of 23	42 (1996–2018)	6 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#718 (2012)	#718 (2012)	#829 (2025)	5 of 14	15 (2012–2025)	3 (2012)

Arian by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Arian in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	59	8 of 10	7
2000s	208	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	322	10 of 10	32
2020s	154	6 of 10	26

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Arian 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 4 regions, from 1986 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #127 in Norway in 2020.

Arian'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	male	#664	56	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#787	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#749	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#806	40	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#783	41	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#760	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#954	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#177	27	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#334	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#190	26	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#162	31	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#193	23	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#127	37	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#168	32	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#181	30	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#204	25	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#164	35	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#181	33	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#153	42	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#196	28	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#180	32	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#207	25	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#156	40	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#160	39	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#189	29	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#194	28	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#280	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#207	24	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#232	20	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#271	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#254	16	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#331	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#321	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#427	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#354	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#384	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1986 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #127, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 56 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 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.

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Ariam · #1406, 16y
Ariana · #50, 34y
Ariane · #1031, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Jensen · #127, 30y
Maddie · #127, 30y
Arianna · #130, 31y
Kornelia · #130, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Loke · #126, 30y
Kornelia · #130, 32y
Noor · #131, 41y
Siun · #132, 28y

Arian was ranked #127 in Norway · Boys in 2020. 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.

Arian 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 Arian without appearing here.

Arian moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #3225.
Fredrik Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2337 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1367 and #2901.
Herman Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1367 and #2901.

Moved ahead of Arian

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1392.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #2727.
Sander Compare
In 1990 they stood at #610 and #633 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #512 and #199.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #760 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #970 and #668.

Moved the opposite way to Arian

Arild Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 while Arild went from #137 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 while Arne went from #102 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 while Bjørn went from #21 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 while Dag went from #107 to #426.

Moved the same way as Arian

Aaron Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 and Aaron from #604 to #334.
Adam Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 and Adam from #141 to #29.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 and Benjamin from #150 to #48.
Edward Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Arian went from #610 to #177 and Edward from #617 to #189.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1986 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #127 in Norway in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arian

Arian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arian across 4 official records

Arian by decade in Norway · Boys

Arian appears in

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Arian across 4 official records

Arian by decade in Norway · Boys

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