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 Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. 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.