Arya
The 2025 national count puts Arya at #158, drifting down from its high. A newer arrival, the national records only pick it up in 1986, with 29,536 bearers to date.
Arya’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Arya, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Arya since 1986
Arya peaked in 2019 at #92; #158 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Arya is most common
Among the states, Arya takes its largest share in Hawaii, 0.42% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with New Mexico and Maryland next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Arya
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ace
#164 in 2025
Arlo
#148 in 2025
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Amaya
#180 in 2025
Aziel
#186 in 2025
Ashton
#197 in 2025
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Alaia
#117 in 2025
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About Arya
Where does Arya rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Arya at #158, drifting down from its high. The full curve since 1986 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Arya mean?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Arya, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Arya?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Ace, Arlo and Aubrey, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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