Italian aria, "air, melody"; also Hebrew Ariel, "lioness of God" — air; melody; lioness. The operatic sense arrived first; the name only entered common American use after 2000.
Aria ranks 26th among American girls in 2025, with 6,152 born that year. Its best year was 2018, when 7,454 babies were given the name, ranking 19th. The typical living American called Aria is about 8 years old today. It is relatively most common in Hawaii, where it accounts for 0.55% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.