Arius
Arius was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He was not the founder of Arianism. The opposing sides in the Controversy were already well established before the dispute between Arius and Alexander. The Controversy was inevitable. Arius' dispute with his bishop initiated the controversy, but Arius, himself, was not important.
Meaning & Origin of Arius
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arius was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He was not the founder of Arianism. The opposing sides in the Controversy were already well established before the dispute between Arius and Alexander. The Controversy was inevitable. Arius' dispute with his bishop initiated the controversy, but Arius, himself, was not important.
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The Story of Arius
Arius first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 83 Ariuss were born — ranking #1,851 that year. As of 2026, Arius ranks #2,569 for baby boys with 52 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 1K Ariuss 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 Arius
Arius is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Arius's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,851. Use the chart and map above to compare Arius'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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