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Aarya

Aarya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“noble”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
AHR-yuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (89% of all uses)

Variant transliteration of Arya/Aryā from Sanskrit, meaning 'noble' or 'honorable'. Used in India for both genders depending on language and community.

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How popular is Aarya?

202465.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aarya in 2024216

2024 rank#1,167 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18803,477

Aarya is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aarya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Aarya questions

What does the name Aarya mean?

Aarya means "noble". It comes from Sanskrit. Variant transliteration of Arya/Aryā from Sanskrit, meaning 'noble' or 'honorable'. Used in India for both genders depending on language and community.

Is Aarya a boy or girl name?

Aarya is mainly a girl's name in US records (89% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aarya?

216 US babies were named Aarya in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Aarya?

Aarya is usually pronounced AHR-yuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.