Aria

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⭐ Famous Aria

Aria Wallace

American actress and singer

Choose Aria and your child shares a first name with Aria Wallace, an American actress and singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Aria, like who?” Aria Wallace's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 262 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Aria, 6,130 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Aria.
• 📜HistoryAria first shows up in US birth records in 1900, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 125 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2018, when it reached #19.
• 📈Then vs nowAria is 31× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 8,217 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 262.
• 📍Where it's lovedAria is most popular in New Mexico, where it ranks #9, followed by Hawaii (#10) and Rhode Island (#10). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Italian, Aria means “solo melody”. Our records link it to Greek and Hebrew roots.
• 🌍OriginAria is the #7 most popular Greek girl name in the US. That's out of 1,009 Greek girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Aria

Aria is a girl name of Greek and Hebrew origin meaning “solo melody”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-ria”. US birth records list Aria for girls from 1900 to 2025, in 90 of those 126 years. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked #19 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #26, with 6,130 babies.

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