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Aries

Unisex

Meaning of Aries: Latin: 'ram'

Aries is a unisex name most strongly associated with Latin naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 592nd most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 1675th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#592

503 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1675

15 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

7,165

First recorded 1970 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 24 babies1982: 19 babies1983: 29 babies1984: 17 babies1985: 18 babies1986: 16 babies1987: 20 babies1988: 23 babies1989: 37 babies1990: 36 babies19901991: 33 babies1992: 41 babies1993: 43 babies1994: 53 babies1995: 43 babies1996: 67 babies1997: 88 babies1998: 94 babies1999: 107 babies2000: 117 babies20002001: 128 babies2002: 123 babies2003: 133 babies2004: 131 babies2005: 143 babies2006: 156 babies2007: 159 babies2008: 155 babies2009: 153 babies2010: 139 babies20102011: 146 babies2012: 158 babies2013: 194 babies2014: 232 babies2015: 222 babies2016: 248 babies2017: 269 babies2018: 309 babies2019: 355 babies2020: 352 babies20202021: 363 babies2022: 377 babies2023: 431 babies2024: 498 babies2025: 503 babies
US babies named Aries per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 503.

Gender split

66% boys · 34% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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