Thirty years of Arya
Arya in numbers
Arya has risen from 3 girls in 1997 (its first published year) to 264 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 427 in 2019. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2011 and 2014, from 60 to 244. On average it was given to 17 girls a year in the 2000s, 234 in the 2010s and 302 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-0%265 to 264
- 5 years-29%371 to 264
- 10 years-6%280 to 264
- 20 years+1,660%15 to 264
- Since 1997 (first published)×883 to 264
- Total, 1996 to 20254,326girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 193 · ONS · 265 in 2024
Rank 191 · NRS · 16 in 2024
Rank 397 · NISRA · 8 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =193 | 264 | -0% | 1 in 1,078 |
| 2024 | =184 | 265 | -5% | 1 in 1,093 |
| 2023 | 183 | 279 | -3% | 1 in 1,032 |
| 2022 | =175 | 289 | -16% | 1 in 1,020 |
| 2021 | 151 | 344 | -7% | 1 in 886 |
| 2020 | 134 | 371 | -13% | 1 in 807 |
| 2019 | 120 | 427 | +21% | 1 in 729 |
| 2018 | 148 | 352 | +3% | 1 in 908 |
| 2017 | =164 | 343 | +14% | 1 in 965 |
| 2016 | 180 | 302 | +8% | 1 in 1,123 |
| 2015 | =192 | 280 | +15% | 1 in 1,213 |
| 2014 | 215 | 244 | +30% | 1 in 1,387 |
| 2013 * | =257 | 187 | +80% | 1 in 1,826 |
| 2012 | =437 | 104 | +73% | 1 in 3,417 |
| 2011 | =658 | 60 | +43% | 1 in 5,882 |
| 2010 | =840 | 42 | +45% | 1 in 8,386 |
| 2009 | =1,083 | 29 | -17% | 1 in 11,866 |
| 2008 | =916 | 35 | +6% | 1 in 9,878 |
| 2007 | =919 | 33 | +50% | 1 in 10,167 |
| 2006 | =1,201 | 22 | +47% | 1 in 14,871 |
| 2005 | =1,500 | 15 | +36% | 1 in 21,014 |
| 2004 | =1,836 | 11 | -21% | 1 in 28,307 |
| 2003 | =1,472 | 14 | +250% | 1 in 21,645 |
| 2002 | =3,409 | 4 | +0% | 1 in 72,512 |
| 2001 | =3,262 | 4 | +33% | 1 in 72,495 |
| 2000 | =3,912 | 3 | 1 in 98,269 | |
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | =3,824 | 3 | 1 in 104,504 | |
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate