Aryan
Boy nameAryan has been given to 8,854 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It peaked in 2007 and currently ranks #872 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
Originally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”)API and +‎ -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borrowed into English in the 19th century, at first as a term for the Indo-Iranian languages, and later partly extended to the Indo-European languages and peoples following a theory by Friedrich Schlegel that connected the Indo-Iranian words arya/ā́rya with German Ehre (“honor”) and some older Germanic names, thus assuming that it was the original Indo-European autonym meaning "the honorable people". The origina
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
8,854
Peak year
2007 (433 babies)
Rank in 2025
#872 for boys
First recorded
1978
10-year trend
▼ -28%
Gender split
8% girls / 92% boys
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Aryan.
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