Airiel
Airiel is an American shoegaze band from Chicago, Illinois. Frontman Jeremy Wrenn described Airiel's music by saying, "It's loud, it's pretty and you can dance to it".
Meaning & Origin of Airiel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Airiel is an American shoegaze band from Chicago, Illinois. Frontman Jeremy Wrenn described Airiel's music by saying, "It's loud, it's pretty and you can dance to it".
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Origin & history
The Story of Airiel
Airiel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1985, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 27 Airiels were born — ranking #3,817 that year. As of 2026, Airiel ranks #16,763 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 145 Airiels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Airiel
Airiel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 145 births in the dataset. Airiel's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,817. Use the chart and map above to compare Airiel'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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