Arie
Arie is a masculine given name.
- Dutch
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Arie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arie is a masculine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
- Hebrew
The Story of Arie
As a girl name
American parents first put Arie on the record books as a girl name in 1880, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 161 Aries were born — ranking #1,390 that year. About 24% of every Arie on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Arie ranks #1,797 for girls with 112 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Arie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1894, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 91 births, good for #1,773 nationwide. About 21% of every Arie on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Arie ranks #1,846 for boys with 88 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Arie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Arie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Arie
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About the name Arie
Arie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Arie's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #560. Use the chart and map above to compare Arie'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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