Arya is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “noble.” In 2024 it was given to 1,863 girls in the United States.
Arya belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “noble” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Aarya, Aariya.
In the United States, Arya first appears in Social Security records in 1986. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #92 in 2019, and in 2024 1,863 babies received the name — 27,666 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
More names from the Hindu & Indian shelf:
Arya means “noble” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Arya is a girl name. In 2024, 1,863 babies received the name in the US.
Arya comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition. It is also spelled Aarya, Aariya.
Arya first appears in US records in 1986. Its best-ever ranking was #92 in 2019, and 1,863 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
NamePetal