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.

Ariel**

#383 most common girls' name of all time · #699 across all names · 22% male / 78% female · used 1892–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#383
Rank overall
#699 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
100,665
Since 2016
20,314
Peak year
1991 #66
Best rank
#66 1991
Girls Boys peak 6,077/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ariel first appears in 1892. 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 851 533 1,384 #355
2024 1,055 598 1,653 #300
2023 1,096 566 1,662 #287
2022 1,295 519 1,814 #237
2021 1,351 507 1,858 #220
2020 1,472 497 1,969 #199
2019 1,685 511 2,196 #172
2018 1,832 470 2,302 #154
2017 2,076 600 2,676 #142
2016 2,199 601 2,800 #140
2015 2,358 455 2,813 #137
2014 2,445 319 2,764 #132
2013 2,140 298 2,438 #145
2012 1,742 296 2,038 #181
2011 1,438 379 1,817 #220
2010 1,462 413 1,875 #213
2009 1,577 475 2,052 #205
2008 1,553 455 2,008 #217
2007 1,784 521 2,305 #188
2006 1,734 573 2,307 #202
2005 1,568 438 2,006 #222
2004 1,546 416 1,962 #219
2003 1,548 387 1,935 #213
2002 1,548 441 1,989 #215
2001 1,654 405 2,059 #197
2000 1,753 384 2,137 #184
1999 1,834 422 2,256 #171
1998 2,150 467 2,617 #147
1997 2,212 442 2,654 #145
1996 1,924 469 2,393 #163
1995 2,149 447 2,596 #151
1994 2,187 444 2,631 #145
1993 2,707 441 3,148 #121
1992 3,961 456 4,417 #87
1991 5,411 666 6,077 #66
1990 3,607 408 4,015 #94
1989 1,284 383 1,667 #210
1988 911 345 1,256 #277
1987 626 294 920 #373
1986 653 299 952 #364
1985 600 291 891 #379
1984 636 281 917 #362
1983 650 315 965 #348
1982 584 294 878 #395
1981 228 236 464 #724
1980 181 239 420 #855
1979 154 216 370 #952
1978 162 223 385 #895
1977 105 157 262 #1,175
1976 63 177 240 #1,590
1975 60 175 235 #1,628
1974 36 155 191 #2,216
1973 42 106 148 #1,953
1972 31 100 131 #2,366
1971 26 87 113 #2,747
1970 38 83 121 #2,129
1969 30 82 112 #2,360
1968 27 82 109 #2,374
1967 13 60 73 #3,694
1966 10 28 38 #4,243
1965 11 43 54 #3,998
1964 16 34 50 #3,268
1963 9 29 38 #4,589
1962 — 27 27 —
1961 11 35 46 #4,059
1960 12 25 37 #3,734
1959 5 15 20 #6,344
1958 — 16 16 —
1957 11 24 35 #3,748
1956 5 18 23 #6,076
1955 — 6 6 —
1954 8 6 14 #4,341
1953 10 9 19 #3,737
1952 8 12 20 #4,183
1951 7 12 19 #4,459
1950 9 7 16 #3,718
1949 8 6 14 #3,962
1948 5 10 15 #5,353
1947 13 — 13 #2,942
1946 11 7 18 #3,078
1945 8 10 18 #3,453
1944 6 7 13 #4,152
1943 16 — 16 #2,288
1942 8 5 13 #3,510
1941 11 — 11 #2,720
1939 7 — 7 #3,496
1938 11 13 24 #2,629
1937 8 9 17 #3,220
1936 11 — 11 #2,576
1935 8 8 16 #3,222
1934 6 7 13 #3,889
1933 7 — 7 #3,492
1932 8 — 8 #3,349
1931 9 8 17 #3,043
1930 8 8 16 #3,423
1929 14 11 25 #2,353
1928 7 9 16 #3,848
1927 12 7 19 #2,759
1926 8 — 8 #3,632
1925 12 — 12 #2,831
1924 11 8 19 #3,024
1923 10 13 23 #3,186
1922 17 12 29 #2,229
1921 16 10 26 #2,316
1920 22 10 32 #1,855
1919 11 — 11 #2,879
1918 25 8 33 #1,621
1917 15 9 24 #2,253
1916 27 7 34 #1,435
1915 23 7 30 #1,556
1914 7 9 16 #2,979
1913 19 5 24 #1,342
1912 9 — 9 #2,063
1911 14 — 14 #1,280
1910 6 — 6 #2,243
1909 7 — 7 #1,864
1908 12 — 12 #1,243
1907 9 — 9 #1,475
1906 8 — 8 #1,509
1905 5 — 5 #2,073
1904 6 — 6 #1,779
1900 5 — 5 #2,060
1899 5 — 5 #1,750
1894 5 — 5 #1,638
1892 5 — 5 #1,615