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Ariel Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Ariel?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Ariel, ranked the 154th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Ariel has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #66 in 1991 with 5,410 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Ariel was less than 5, most recently in 1962.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ariel occurred roughly during the years 1966-1970, 1972-1983, 1985-1991, and 2011-2014, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1920-1923, and 1991-1996.

Sometimes the name Ariel has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Ariel's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Ariel for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Ariel?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Ariel is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Ariel (Girl)Ariel (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,810 154 465 585
2017 2,065 142 600 486
2016 2,188 140 601 499
2015 2,345 137 455 601
2014 2,438 133 319 742
2013 2,134 145 298 758
2012 1,737 181 296 769
2011 1,438 220 379 623
2010 1,460 213 413 602
2009 1,571 205 475 556
2008 1,552 217 455 568
2007 1,779 188 521 505
2006 1,732 202 573 468
2005 1,567 222 438 547
2004 1,544 219 416 552
2003 1,548 212 387 571
2002 1,548 215 441 514
2001 1,654 197 405 538
2000 1,752 184 384 547
1999 1,834 171 422 505
1998 2,149 147 467 474
1997 2,212 145 442 484
1996 1,923 163 469 462
1995 2,149 151 447 484
1994 2,187 146 444 480
1993 2,708 121 440 479
1992 3,960 87 456 472
1991 5,410 66 666 360
1990 3,606 94 408 482
1989 1,285 209 383 489
1988 910 277 343 493
1987 626 372 294 522
1986 653 364 299 509
1985 600 379 290 514
1984 636 362 280 504
1983 650 348 315 471
1982 584 394 294 497
1981 228 721 236 553
1980 181 854 239 554
1979 154 951 216 581
1978 162 895 225 558
1977 105 1,176 156 676
1976 63 1,588 176 615
1975 60 1,624 174 617
1974 36 2,215 155 647
1973 43 1,916 106 772
1972 31 2,358 100 796
1971 26 2,740 87 873
1970 38 2,122 83 883
1969 30 2,353 82 848
1968 27 2,361 82 818
1967 13 3,668 60 931
1966 10 4,206 28 1,449
1965 11 3,963 43 1,143
1964 16 3,245 34 1,350
1963 9 4,560 29 1,453
1962 < 5 -- 27 1,514
1961 11 4,022 35 1,348
1960 12 3,704 25 1,621
1959 5 6,291 15 2,116
1958 < 5 -- 16 2,025
1957 11 3,707 24 1,636
1956 5 5,989 18 1,885
1955 < 5 -- 6 3,519
1954 8 4,295 6 3,466
1953 9 3,972 9 2,715
1952 8 4,143 12 2,256
1951 7 4,402 12 2,253
1950 9 3,676 7 3,038
1949 8 3,909 6 3,320
1948 5 5,280 10 2,448
1947 13 2,909 < 5 --
1946 11 3,039 7 2,931
1945 8 3,402 10 2,249
1944 6 4,078 7 2,874
1943 16 2,260 < 5 --
1942 8 3,459 5 3,592
1941 11 2,675 < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 7 3,446 < 5 --
1938 11 2,589 13 1,987
1937 8 3,160 9 2,488
1936 11 2,530 < 5 --
1935 8 3,171 8 2,727
1934 6 3,830 7 2,989
1933 7 3,424 < 5 --
1932 8 3,295 < 5 --
1931 9 2,989 8 2,878
1930 8 3,365 8 3,036
1929 14 2,316 11 2,460
1928 7 3,767 9 2,857
1927 12 2,710 7 3,466
1926 8 3,592 < 5 --
1925 12 2,788 < 5 --
1924 11 2,983 8 3,276
1923 10 3,141 13 2,338
1922 17 2,194 12 2,495
1921 16 2,291 10 2,817
1920 22 1,822 10 2,773
1919 11 2,825 < 5 --
1918 25 1,602 8 3,116
1917 15 2,209 9 2,740
1916 27 1,408 7 3,193
1915 23 1,524 7 3,100
1914 7 2,907 9 2,280
1913 19 1,311 5 2,840
1912 9 1,991 < 5 --
1911 14 1,247 < 5 --
1910 6 2,159 < 5 --
1909 7 1,779 < 5 --
1908 12 1,212 < 5 --
1907 9 1,397 < 5 --
1906 8 1,423 < 5 --
1905 5 1,952 < 5 --
1904 6 1,669 < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 5 1,950 < 5 --
1899 5 1,618 < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 5 1,506 < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 5 1,470 < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.