Arya

Girl name

Arya has been given to 31,871 babies in the U.S. since 1982. It peaked in 2019 and currently ranks #158 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”)API. Doublet of Aryan and Iran.

Origin: Sanskrit

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

31,871

Peak year

2019 (3,100 babies)

Rank in 2025

#158 for girls

First recorded

1982

10-year trend

▲ +10%

Gender split

93% girls / 7% boys

Arya Stark

Fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Arya.

32,220 babies since 1941

31,014 babies since 1908

32,848 babies since 1880

30,731 babies since 1880

33,016 babies since 1893

33,438 babies since 1957

30,282 babies since 1880

30,183 babies since 1919

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