Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arial

#6,252 most common girls' name of all time · #10,562 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1981–2025

Rank among girls
#6,252
Rank overall
#10,562 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,197
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1991 #2,012
Best rank
#2,012 1991
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
20002020

Arial first appears in 1981. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #11,251
2022 7 — 7 #12,633
2021 8 — 8 #11,506
2020 8 — 8 #11,422
2019 17 — 17 #6,832
2018 11 — 11 #9,397
2017 13 — 13 #8,493
2016 19 — 19 #6,508
2015 29 — 29 #4,789
2014 35 — 35 #4,216
2013 20 — 20 #6,340
2012 21 — 21 #6,217
2011 18 — 18 #6,973
2010 36 — 36 #4,136
2009 28 — 28 #5,160
2008 30 — 30 #4,948
2007 31 — 31 #4,750
2006 53 — 53 #3,162
2005 37 — 37 #3,914
2004 41 — 41 #3,607
2003 41 — 41 #3,510
2002 63 — 63 #2,520
2001 47 — 47 #3,040
2000 43 — 43 #3,202
1999 42 — 42 #3,136
1998 48 — 48 #2,788
1997 51 — 51 #2,551
1996 45 — 45 #2,754
1995 36 — 36 #3,211
1994 25 — 25 #4,214
1993 33 — 33 #3,413
1992 37 — 37 #3,140
1991 69 — 69 #2,012
1990 45 — 45 #2,637
1989 14 — 14 #6,115
1988 12 — 12 #6,616
1987 15 — 15 #5,292
1986 12 — 12 #6,122
1985 13 — 13 #5,653
1984 10 — 10 #6,782
1983 14 — 14 #5,141
1982 7 — 7 #9,153
1981 5 — 5 #11,896