Arial
Arial is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199169 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1981
- 1,189people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,189 girls have been named Arial in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 69 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 69 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 36%.
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Arial was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Arial
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alexzandriapeak 2003
- Keiannapeak 1999
- Paigepeak 2003
- Kaylepeak 2000
- Mercedezpeak 1993
- Karlipeak 1994
- Kaleypeak 2003
- Kaylynpeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.