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Aria

Girl · Italian

Aria

Say it: AR-ee-uh

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Meaning

From Italian aria 'air; melody', the solo song of opera. The spelling also matches Persian Aria, a separate name.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Rare before the 2000s, it rose rapidly in the US in the 2010s.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

024618801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2018per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 65,197 babies given this name since 1900
  • At its height in 2018, about 1 in 229 girls
  • 6,108 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

The family of the name

Other spellings: Arya, Ariah

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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