Arie
Masculine · “lion”
Arie is given to both — 2,579 boys and 4,157 girls since 1880. See Arie as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Arie is a lion in Hebrew — aryeh — and it is also the Dutch form of Adrian, from a town on the Adriatic.
How old is the name Arie?
Arie first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Arie alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 2,100 people named Arie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arie most popular?
Arie peaked in 1905, reaching #1002 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, 1,228 places below that high. See the whole 1905 chart.
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Where it comes from
From aryeh to Arie
The story of Arie
Aryeh is the lion of Judah's blessing in Genesis and a standard Jewish given name, often paired with the Yiddish Leib. Separately, Dutch made Arie from Adriaan, and it was among the commonest Dutch boys' names of the twentieth century. Both routes reach American records, where it is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
lion; of Hadria
Two unrelated names. The Hebrew aryeh, 'lion', an ordinary noun used as a name since biblical times. And the Dutch Arie, a short form of Adriaan, from the Latin Hadrianus, 'of Hadria', a town that gave the Adriatic its name. Both are genuine.
How the name formed
- aryeh
- Arie
Related forms: אריה · Arie · Ari
Pronouncing Arie
AR-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew Aryeh is ar-YEH; Dutch Arie is AH-ree.
Nicknames for Arie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most boys named
- 202391 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1002reached in 1905
- Change vs 2023
- −30.8%63 in 2025, from 91
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אריה in Hebrew — related form
- Arie in Dutch — same name
- Ari in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Aries among us
people named Arie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Arie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Arie
- #2230
- Arie on the 2025 chart
- #689
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Arie went to 63 boys in 2025, but Aryeh, Arye and Arieh are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 245, which makes it the 689th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,541 places above the chart.
- Aryeh153
- Arie63
- Arye21
- Arieh8
About 1 boy in 6,972 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,112 for Arie itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Arie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Arie is headed
Arie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Arie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lion meaning is concrete and undisputed in the Hebrew route.
- That Aryeh and Leib are traditionally paired is a genuinely good detail.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The two origins are entirely unrelated.
- Ari and Arie are both in circulation.
- The pronunciation differs between Hebrew, Dutch and English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Arie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Arie?
- Arie is one of 4 recorded spellings. Aryeh is the more common one — 153 births in 2025 against 63 for Arie.
- How popular is the name Arie in 2025?
- Arie ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arie?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Arie — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arie with classmates?
- Arie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Arie
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