Arye
Arye is a Hebrew masculine given name and occasionally a surname, a spelling variant of Aryeh.Arye Carmon Arye Gross Arye L. Hillman Arye Kohavi Arye Nehorai Arye Oded Arye Rosen Arye Sharuz Shalicar
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Arye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arye is a Hebrew masculine given name and occasionally a surname, a spelling variant of Aryeh.Arye Carmon Arye Gross Arye L. Hillman Arye Kohavi Arye Nehorai Arye Oded Arye Rosen Arye Sharuz Shalicar
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Arye
The earliest SSA record of Arye as a baby boy name dates back to 1961, when 6 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Arye — #4,354 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Arye on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Arye ranks #6,298 for baby boys with 13 births, falling sharply (-17%). All told, over 448 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Arye
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Arye. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Arye
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About the name Arye
Arye is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 448 births in the dataset. Arye's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #3,652. Use the chart and map above to compare Arye'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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