Aria
Top 1000
About Aria
Aria is a multi-cultural name with two extremely popular versions: this more word-like one along with Arya, the spelling used for the feisty young heroine of Game of Thrones. There were about 6400 baby girls named Aria in the US last year alog with 2400 named Arya, which counted together places the name in the Top 10.
The light and airy Aria entered the list in 2000 and now ranks among the Top 25 girl names in the US. In Italian, Aria's literal meaning is air, while in Hebrew it's a form of Ari meaning lion. An Aria is a musical term denoting a kind of song or melody, often in an opera.
Aria is a Top 100 name throughout the English-speaking world and also ranks highly in France and several European countries -- though notably not in Italy or Israel. In Persian, Aria is a male name, and in Indian it is considered unisex.
Aria is also an improbably cool saint's name. Saint Aria (or Arria) of Rome was an early Christian martyr.
Pronounced AH-ree-uh.
As of October 2026, Aria ranked #26 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #19 in 2018, Nameberry popularity #143.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #31 | 5,931 | 3,320.2 |
| 2015 | #29 | 6,419 | 3,595.9 |
| 2016 | #23 | 6,948 | 3,920.9 |
| 2017 | #20 | 7,167 | 4,151.3 |
| 2018 | #19 | 7,435 | 4,370.8 |
| 2019 | #20 | 7,116 | 4,239.8 |
| 2020 | #27 | 6,139 | 3,797.6 |
| 2021 | #22 | 6,397 | 3,898.6 |
| 2022 | #23 | 6,402 | 3,903.3 |
| 2023 | #25 | 6,018 | 3,750.5 |
| 2024 | #26 | 5,935 | 3,663.2 |
| 2025 | #26 | 6,130 | 3,813.9 |
World rankings
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Aria on lists
Famous Arias
- Saint Aria
ancient Roman martyr
- Aria Summer Wallace
American actress
- (Aria) Asia Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento
Italian actress
- Aria Noelle Curzon
American actress
- Aria Giovanni
American actress and model
- Aria Johnson
American singer,songwriter
- Aria Alpert
American actress; daughter of bandleader Herb Alpert
- Aria Grandi (b. 2007)
daughter of skier Sara Renner and Thomas Grandi
- Aria Pettis (b. 2011)
daughter of mixed martial artist Anthony Pettis
- Aria Marie (b. 2012)
daughter of YouTuber britneyandbaby
- Aria Lian Wells (b. 2012)
daughter of singer,songwriter Tyrone Wells
- Aria Autenrieth (b. 2014)
daughter of actress and singer Alisan Porter and Brian Autenrieth
- Aria Idowu (b. 2015)
daughter of triple jumper Phillips Idowu
- Aria Baker (b. 2016)
daughter of NFL player Chris Baker
- Aria Cecilia Kissel (b. 2017)
daughter of country singer Brett Kissel
Aria in pop culture
- Aria Blaze
Character on animated series "Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks"
- Aria Marie Montgomery
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Aria T'Loak
character in the Mass Effect video game series
- Aria
character in "Under the Never Sky" by Veronica Rossi
- Aria Torres
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- "Aria
" manga series by Kozue Amano
- "Aria of the Sea
" novel by Dia Calhoun
- ARIA
acronym for the Australian Recording Industry Association
- Aria
character on Netflix's "Love"
- Aria Wrayburn
deceased sister of Diana Wrayburn, character in The Dark Artifices series