Arya

Girl Persian #139 in 2023

Arya is a girl name of Persian origin.

Meaning of Arya

Arya, also spelled Aarya, Aariya or Ariya is a name of Indo-Iranian origin. It traces back to the ethnonym and endonym Arya, used by the Indo-Iranians to identify themselves.

Popularity of Arya

Popularity, 1982–2023

2,068 births in 2023

1982 2023

25,803 U.S. births recorded from 1982–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

2019

3,099 babies

First recorded

1982

41 years of history

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Summary adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.