Arie

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A few things about Arie you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Arie

Arie Haan

Dutch footballer and manager

Choose Arie and your child shares a first name with Arie Haan, a Dutch footballer and manager. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Arie, like who?” Arie Haan's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 27,100 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Arie, 63 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Arie would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryArie has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Aries, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1905, when it reached #1,002.
• 📈Then vs nowArie is 3.8× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 103,093 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 27,100.
• 🍂TrendArie has slipped 234 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,230. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlArie is given to both boys and girls: 56% of the 142 babies named Arie in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Hebrew, Arie means “lion”. Our records link it to Greek and Hebrew roots.

About the name Arie

Arie is a boy name of Greek and Hebrew origin meaning “lion”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-rie”. US birth records list Arie for boys from 1894 to 2025, in 115 of those 132 years. Its best year was 1905, when it ranked #1,002 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,230, with 63 babies.

Origin:Greek namesHebrew names