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Aryah

Feminine · “lion”

1998high 2019
#1733 in the U.S.stepping back from its peak
falling117 girls in 2025

Aryah is Hebrew for a lion — aryeh, the word in Jacob's blessing on Judah, and the animal on the arms of Jerusalem.

How old is the name Aryah?

Aryah first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Aryah is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,200 people named Aryah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aryah most popular?

Aryah peaked in 2019, reaching #1392 nationally. Today it ranks #1733, 341 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Aryah

The lion of Judah runs from Genesis through the arms of Jerusalem to Ethiopian imperial titles. Aryeh has been used continuously in Jewish naming and is masculine in Hebrew. The feminine Aryah and Arya appear in American records rising through the 2010s, helped by a television character, and are in current use.

Meaning

lion

From the Hebrew aryeh, 'lion'. Jacob calls Judah a lion's whelp in Genesis 49, and the lion became the tribe's emblem and the city's. The word is ordinary Hebrew and the meaning undisputed. A separate Sanskrit arya, 'noble', is sometimes claimed but is not the source.

How the name formed

  1. aryeh
  2. Aryah

Related forms: אריה · Arya · Aryeh

Pronouncing Aryah

AR-ee-uh

Three syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew Aryeh is ar-YEH with two and the stress at the end.

Nicknames for Aryah

Moderate

AriThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in Hebrew for both sexes
RyThe back sound alone, and a short form with modern currency
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1998–202516181016111719982025

US babies named Aryah per year from 1998 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13921990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1998
Most girls named
2019161 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1392reached in 2019
Change vs 2024
−2.5%117 in 2025, from 120
Aryah is past its biggest year. The count topped out at 161 girls in 2019 and has eased 27% since — the slow half of a naming cycle, where a name stays familiar while getting steadily less common. The move since 2024: down 2.5%.

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.

Aryah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • אריה in Hebrew — transliteration
  • Arya in English — spelling variant
  • Aryeh in Hebrew — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Aryahs among us

2,200

people named Aryah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 13,737 born in 2025 was named Aryah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Aryah

#1733
Aryah on the 2025 chart
#10
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aryah went to 117 girls in 2025, but Aria, Arya and Ariyah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 19 spellings went to 10,269, which makes it the 10th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,723 places above the chart.

and 12 rarer spellings.

About 1 girl in 157 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,737 for Aryah 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

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Is it right for you

The Tanner test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aryah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tanner climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tanner's path sketches the road Aryah is walking now.

40%chance Aryah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Aryah, aligned on its peakTanner· peak 1998not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+30 yrsTanner · #3314Aryah today
Aryah today is about where Tanner stood in 2004 — 6 years past a #1392-sized peak. By 2019, Tanner had settled around #3003.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aryah 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 Aryah is headed

19982030

US babies named Aryah per year, 1998 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Aryah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-10% by 2030projected around #1,968 in 2030

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.

Aryah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Aryah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Aryahthis name117#1733Josephina117#1733America117#1733Jaylin117#1733Iva117#1733

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The lion meaning is concrete, transparent and undisputed.
  • The lion of Judah is one of the oldest continuous emblems in the world.
  • Ari is available as a short form used for both sexes in Hebrew.
What to consider
  • In Hebrew the name is masculine.
  • Arya is the commoner spelling and carries a strong television association.
  • The Sanskrit arya is a separate word often confused with it.

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Frequently asked

How many Aryahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Aryah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Aryah?
Aryah is one of 7 recorded spellings. Aria is the more common one — 6,130 births in 2025 against 117 for Aryah.
How popular is the name Aryah in 2025?
Aryah ranks #1733 among US girl names in 2025, with 117 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aryah?
About 1 in every 13,737 US girls born in 2025 was named Aryah — 117 in all.
Will my child share the name Aryah with classmates?
Aryah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Aryah

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Josephina#1733 · America#1733 · Jaylin#1733 · Iva#1733 · Huda#1733 · Alany#1733 · Sarina#1733 · Mei#1733

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