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Arye

Masculine

1961high 2018
#4707 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare21 boys in 2025

Arye entered the US charts in 1961, peaked at #3652 in 1961, ranks #4707 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Arye?

Arye first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Arye alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 400 people named Arye are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Arye most popular?

Arye peaked in 1961, reaching #3652 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 1,055 places below that high. See the whole 1961 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1961–202523120232119612025

US babies named Arye per year from 1961 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#36521960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1961
Most boys named
201823 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3652reached in 1961
Change vs 2024
+31.3%21 in 2025, from 16
Arye sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2018, with 23 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Arye in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.

Aryes among us

400

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

About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Arye

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

Spellings of Arye

#4707
Arye on the 2025 chart
#689
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Arye went to 21 boys in 2025, but Aryeh, Arie 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 — 4,018 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 6,972 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 81,337 for Arye 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 Marvon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arye's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marvon climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marvon's path sketches the road Arye is walking now.

40%chance Arye will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Arye, aligned on its peakMarvon· peak 1935not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak0 yrs+70 yrsMarvon · #9577Arye today
Arye today is about where Marvon stood in 1999 — 64 years past a #3645-sized peak. By 2014, Marvon had settled around #10236.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Arye 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

Arye beside its neighbors

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

Aryethis name21#4707Ole21#4707Shelton21#4707Constantino21#4707Adel21#4707

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Aryes are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Arye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Arye?
Arye is one of 4 recorded spellings. Aryeh is the more common one — 153 births in 2025 against 21 for Arye.
How popular is the name Arye in 2025?
Arye ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Arye?
About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Arye — 21 in all.
Will my child share the name Arye with classmates?
Arye will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Arye

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Ole#4707 · Shelton#4707 · Constantino#4707 · Adel#4707 · Cord#4707 · Zalman#4707 · Montez#4707 · Homer#4707

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