Arista
Feminine · “Latin 'awn”
Arista is a Latin word for the beard on an ear of grain, and the name of a New York schools' honor society. That honor society gave its name to the record label of Whitney Houston.
How old is the name Arista?
Arista first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Arista alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 600 people named Arista are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arista most popular?
Arista peaked in 1994, reaching #4376 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From arista to Arista
The story of Arista
In Latin, arista is the long bristle, the awn, that grows from each grain on an ear of wheat or barley, and poets used it for the harvest itself; biologists still use the word for a bristle on a fly's antenna. In New York, Arista was the honor society of the city's high schools, and when Clive Davis, a Brooklyn student who had been a member, founded a record company, he named it Arista; it signed Whitney Houston.
Meaning
Latin 'awn, ear of grain'
Latin arista is the bristly awn on an ear of wheat or barley, and by extension the ear itself.
How the name formed
- arista
- Arista
Related forms: Arista
Pronouncing Arista
uh-RISS-tuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Arista
Limited
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
- 1960
- Most girls named
- 200931 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4376reached in 1994
- Change vs 2023
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
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.
Arista in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arista in Latin — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Aristas among us
people named Arista are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Arista sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real Latin word with a clear meaning.
- Comes with Ari as a ready short form.
- Rare, so an Arista is unlikely to share her name.
- Some will think of the record label.
- People will hear Krista or Alyssa.
- It may be taken for a word rather than a name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aristas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Arista are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arista in 2025?
- Arista is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Arista with classmates?
- Arista will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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