Ariel

Girl · recorded 1892–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #355in 2025
  • 1 in 1,888girls in 2025
  • −60%last ten years
  • 2.8×in New Mexico

Most popular in 1991.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1892

01,4432,88618921925195919922025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 122 recorded years as a table
Ariel, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189224
189422
189921
190017
190422
190517
190627
190728
190836
190920
191015
191133
191216
191330
19149
191523
191626
191714
191822
191910
192018
192113
192214
19238
19249
192510
19267
192710
19286
192913
19307
19318
19327
19337
19346
19358
193611
19378
193810
19396
19419
19426
194311
19445
19456
19467
19477
19483
19495
19505
19514
19524
19535
19544
19562
19575
19592
19606
19615
19635
19648
19656
19666
19678
196816
196918
197022
197116
197220
197329
197425
197541
197643
197768
1978106
197996
1980109
1981137
1982345
1983389
1984378
1985349
1986381
1987360
1988512
1989696
19901,900
19912,886
19922,148
19931,496
19941,225
19951,222
19961,098
19971,271
19981,217
19991,034
2000965
2001919
2002861
2003847
2004842
2005849
2006912
2007928
2008821
2009858
2010822
2011817
2012989
20131,220
20141,369
20151,321
20161,241
20171,202
20181,077
20191,004
2020911
2021823
2022790
2023683
2024651
2025529

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. New Mexico 2.8×
  2. Nevada 2.4×
  3. California 1.9×
  4. Arizona 1.7×
  5. Texas 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
851
Rank in 2025
#355
How rare
1 in 1,888 girls
Since 1892
78,697

Most popular in 1991, at 2,886 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 60% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico2.8×25
Nevada2.4×40
California1.9×587
Arizona1.7×89
Texas1.6×473

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