Aaryan
Aaryan was the 2020th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1279th with 142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 639 places. More babies were named Aaryan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Aryan) noble (Sanskrit) · Sanskrit
- Rank in 2025
- #2,020 boys, down 335 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 74boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2016142 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,155babies recorded
What does the name Aaryan mean?
Aaryan is a spelling of Aryan, pronounced the same way, so it shares Aryan's meaning and origin.
Aryan, as an Indian given name, comes from Sanskrit ārya 'noble, honorable', the self-designation of the early speakers of Indo-Aryan languages, and it is widely used in India and among Indian American families. In English the word Aryan was later applied to the Indo-European peoples in 19th-century scholarship and then misused in European racial theories, especially by the Nazis; scholars now use 'Indo-Iranian' or 'Indo-Aryan' only for the languages. The given name in Indian use carries the older sense 'noble'.
आर्य (ārya) (Sanskrit, “noble, honorable”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Arya, Aarya, Aryaan.
See also: Sanskrit and Indian names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Aryan', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'आर्य', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Aaryan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 2013.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,020 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,685 | 93 |
| 2010 | #1,725 | 88 |
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How popular is Aaryan, counting every spelling?
Aaryan is a spelling of Aryan, a name family that ranked #710 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,020 for Aaryan on its own. Together these spellings went to 366 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aryan | 275 | #872 | 1,564 |
| Aaryan | 74 | #2,020 | 452 |
| Aryaan | 11 | #7,237 | 81 |
| Aryon | 6 | #10,812 | 31 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Aaryan?
74 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aaryan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Aaryan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 113 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aaryan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aaryan?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Aaryan are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 16. That makes Aaryan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aaryan by state
How common Aaryan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (3.0×), Georgia (1.7×), California (1.5×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aaryan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aaryan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Aaryan
What does Aaryan mean?
Aaryan is a spelling of Aryan, which means “noble (Sanskrit)” (Sanskrit origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Aaryan?
Aaryan was the 2020th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1279th with 142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 639 places. More babies were named Aaryan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Aaryan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Aaryan in the US.
Where is Aaryan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aaryan was most common in New Jersey (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and California.