Aaryn
The Story of Aaryn
As a girl name
Aaryn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1973, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 70 births, good for #2,535 nationwide. About 34% of every Aaryn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aaryn ranks #4,238 for girls with 33 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Aaryn on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 39 Aaryns were born — ranking #2,929 that year. About 32% of every Aaryn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aaryn ranks #7,467 for boys with 8 births, falling sharply (-47%). All told, over 796 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Aaryn
Aaryn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Aaryn's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #2,535. Use the chart and map above to compare Aaryn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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