Ariel

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Ariel: Recorded since 1991, it reached #146 in 2020, and it stood at #188 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#146highest recorded position
12groupings 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	#1979
1999	#2189
2000	#2416
2002	#1928
2004	#3725
2006	#2320
2007	#2410
2008	#2022
2009	#1596
2010	#1731
2011	#1665
2012	#2338
2013	#1587
2014	#1094
2015	#1007
2016	#1278
2017	#1021
2018	#1035
2019	#823
2020	#710
2021	#936
2022	#1023
2023	#832
2024	#885

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 Norway in 29 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2025: #188 among girls in Norway, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #631 among girls in Norway in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1991–2025
Highest recorded position: #146 among girls in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1991–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #188 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Ariel appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 615 births with the name.

Ariel across 5 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.

Ariel'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 · Girls	#631 (1991)	#146 (2020)	#188 (2025)	29 of 35	615 (1991–2025)	40 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1067 (2009)	#1199 (2024)	28 of 29	384 (1996–2024)	26 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#1979 (1998)	#710 (2020)	#885 (2024)	24 of 27	557 (1998–2024)	52 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#910 (2010)	#544 (2020)	#885 (2025)	6 of 16	21 (2010–2025)	6 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#715 (2014)	#715 (2014)	#829 (2025)	2 of 12	6 (2014–2025)	3 (2014)

Ariel by decade in Norway · 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 Ariel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	3 of 10	8
2000s	162	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	284	10 of 10	28
2020s	144	6 of 10	24

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ariel 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 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in Norway in 2020.

Ariel'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	#885	41	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#832	43	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#710	52	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#823	45	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1035	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1067	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#188	25	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#228	18	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#196	24	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#178	25	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#213	19	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#146	33	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#157	32	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#193	26	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#187	28	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#147	40	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#204	27	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#205	28	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#188	30	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#194	29	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#267	20	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#240	24	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#227	24	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#171	37	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#249	21	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#243	20	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#353	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#443	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#370	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#324	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#631	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #146, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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.

Ariba · #1234, 26y
Arie · #1132, 13y
Ariela · #834, 20y
Ariella · #132, 30y

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.

Lyle · #148, 29y
Macey · #148, 29y
Andrius · #149, 36y
Ewelina · #143, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Paisley · #146, 30y
Rayan · #145, 30y
Ailsa · #148, 29y
Ffion · #148, 29y

Ariel was ranked #146 in Norway · Girls 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.

Ariel 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 Ariel without appearing here.

Ariel moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #4678.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Ariel

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1928 and #2105 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1535.
Ada Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1928 and #2301 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1617.
Aria Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1928 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1715.

Moved the opposite way to Ariel

Camilla Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 while Camilla went from #4 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 while Hanne went from #19 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 while Heidi went from #46 to #437.
Hilde Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 while Hilde went from #56 to #506.

Moved the same way as Ariel

Amanda Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 and Amanda from #104 to #52.
Annie Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 and Annie from #497 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 and Åse from #218 to #93.
Ella Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ariel went from #631 to #188 and Ella from #457 to #4.

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 3 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in Norway in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ariel

Ariel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ariel across 5 official records

Ariel by decade in Norway · Girls

Ariel 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

Names published alongside Ariel

Ariel and the names beside it

Ariel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ariel

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Ariel at a glance

Ariel across 5 official records

Ariel by decade in Norway · Girls

Ariel 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 Ariel

Ariel and the names beside it

Ariel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ariel

Moved the opposite way to Ariel

Moved the same way as Ariel