Name Comparison

Compare two spellings across the same available national years. The comparison keeps female and male SSA categories separate.

Ariana vs. Ari

YearCategoryArianaAri
2025Girls#128 · 2,219 births#614 · 476 births
2025BoysNo record#393 · 808 births
2024Girls#102 · 2,581 births#535 · 570 births
2024BoysNo record#399 · 807 births
2023Girls#97 · 2,720 births#461 · 666 births
2023BoysNo record#342 · 974 births
2022Girls#90 · 2,854 births#434 · 722 births
2022Boys#8,300 · 9 births#328 · 1,030 births
2021Girls#88 · 2,983 births#476 · 658 births
2021BoysNo record#343 · 957 births
2020Girls#79 · 3,175 births#482 · 635 births
2020BoysNo record#392 · 787 births
2019Girls#69 · 3,684 births#600 · 505 births
2019BoysNo record#371 · 860 births
2018Girls#68 · 3,739 births#719 · 397 births
2018Boys#12,156 · 5 births#374 · 870 births
2017Girls#67 · 3,890 births#803 · 341 births
2017Boys#12,246 · 5 births#398 · 802 births
2016Girls#54 · 4,609 births#967 · 278 births
2016Boys#12,185 · 5 births#418 · 751 births
2015Girls#46 · 4,973 births#1,005 · 268 births
2015Boys#9,568 · 7 births#402 · 771 births
2014Girls#37 · 5,504 births#1,118 · 227 births
2014Boys#7,562 · 10 births#440 · 689 births
2013Girls#54 · 4,422 births#1,082 · 228 births
2013BoysNo record#420 · 704 births
2012Girls#74 · 3,588 births#1,322 · 178 births
2012BoysNo record#435 · 637 births
2011Girls#84 · 3,456 births#1,598 · 135 births
2011BoysNo record#508 · 510 births
2010Girls#84 · 3,477 births#1,611 · 134 births
2010BoysNo record#500 · 517 births
2009Girls#82 · 3,701 births#1,704 · 130 births
2009Boys#9,864 · 7 births#525 · 516 births
2008Girls#81 · 3,916 births#1,966 · 107 births
2008Boys#11,037 · 6 births#536 · 495 births
2007Girls#73 · 4,326 births#1,988 · 103 births
2007Boys#7,094 · 11 births#556 · 463 births
2006Girls#78 · 4,234 births#2,396 · 78 births
2006Boys#7,998 · 9 births#630 · 375 births
2005Girls#82 · 3,981 births#2,636 · 64 births
2005Boys#11,472 · 5 births#710 · 288 births
2004Girls#79 · 3,996 births#2,370 · 72 births
2004Boys#5,492 · 14 births#677 · 297 births
2003Girls#85 · 3,834 births#2,260 · 75 births
2003BoysNo record#666 · 298 births
2002Girls#93 · 3,492 births#2,673 · 57 births
2002BoysNo record#711 · 249 births
2001Girls#92 · 3,377 births#2,881 · 50 births
2001Boys#9,243 · 6 births#711 · 248 births

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