Arya

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 85% girls / 15% boys

Meaning

Arya, also spelled Aarya, Aariya or Ariya is a name of Indo-Iranian origin. It traces back to the ethnonym and endonym Arya, used by the Indo-Iranians to identify themselves.

From Wikipedia

Arya first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 13 babies (rank #141 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Arya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Arya yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Game of Thrones: Arya Stark — Faceless assassin in the making

Famous people named Arya

Arya Starkassassin

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2014	13	#141
2015	7	#231
2016	3	#413
2017	5	#279