Arina
Arina is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Arina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arina is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Arina
Arina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 81 births, good for #2,282 nationwide. About 44% of every Arina on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Arina ranks #2,737 for baby girls with 62 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Arina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Arina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Arina
Arina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Arina's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #2,282. Use the chart and map above to compare Arina'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.