Aries
Feminine · “ram”
Aries is given to both — 2,410 girls and 4,755 boys since 1880. See Aries as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Aries is a ram in Latin, and the constellation was the ram whose golden fleece Jason went after.
How old is the name Aries?
Aries first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Aries is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,400 people named Aries are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aries most popular?
Aries peaked in 2019, reaching #1716 nationally. Today it ranks #2153, 437 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From aries to Aries
The story of Aries
Chrysomallos carried Phrixus to Colchis and was sacrificed there; his fleece hung in a grove until Jason took it. The constellation held the spring equinox two thousand years ago, which is why Aries opens the zodiac even though precession has moved the point. It appears in American records for both sexes in current use.
Meaning
ram
From the Latin aries, 'ram'. The zodiac sign and the constellation take the name, and Greek myth identifies it with Chrysomallos, the flying ram of the golden fleece. The battering ram is named from the same word. The Latin is ordinary and undisputed.
How the name formed
- aries
- Aries
Related forms: Aries · Κριός
Pronouncing Aries
AIR-eez
Two syllables, stress on the first. Latin says AH-ree-ays with three.
Nicknames for Aries
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 2019121 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1716reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −23.9%86 in 2025, from 113
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.
Aries in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aries in Latin — same name
- Κριός in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Ariess among us
people named Aries are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,689 born in 2025 was named Aries
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Laporsha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aries's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Laporsha climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Laporsha's path sketches the road Aries is walking now.
Aries 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 Aries is headed
Aries 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.
Aries beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aries in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The golden fleece story behind the constellation is a first-rate piece of myth.
- Ari is available as a short form with a real record.
- That precession has moved the equinox out of Aries is a genuinely good fact.
- It is a zodiac sign and reads as one.
- Ares the war god is a different name often confused with it.
- It is used for both sexes.
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Feminine · #2153 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Ariess are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Aries are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aries in 2025?
- Aries ranks #2153 among US girl names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aries?
- About 1 in every 18,689 US girls born in 2025 was named Aries — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aries with classmates?
- Aries will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aries
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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