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Ariel
Recorded 100,665 times in US records since 1892. Peak year: 1991.
#485 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 2,395
U.S. · 2025 records
Uncommon
rarity tier
≈98,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Ariels are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 98,000 Ariels are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 3,500 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Ariel through the years, 1892–2025

1991 · 6,077 6,077 0
18922025
Peak Ariel year: 1991 (ringed), with 6,077 recorded. Current usage: ~67% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.