Arielys
A feminine name of unknown origin, possibly a combination of elements meaning "lion" and "sun".
Name Census estimates that about 327 living Americans carry the first name Arielys. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Arielys today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Arielys births was 2013 (23 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Arielys. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
327
~ 1 in 1,048,178 Americans
Peak year
2013
23 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#7,257
Tracked since 1995
Census
Arielys in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 308 people with the first name Arielys, which placed it at #28,952 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#28,952
National first-name rank
People counted
308
308 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
94.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Arielys
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Arielys is Hispanic at 94.5%. The next largest groups are White (1.9%) and Black (1.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Arielys described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Arielys at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino94.5% · 291
- White1.9% · 6
- Black or African American1.6% · 5
- Two or more races1.3% · 4
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.3% · 1
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 1
Popularity
Arielys: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Arielys from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 148 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Arielys remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Arielys by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Arielys during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Arielys' live
Origin
Meaning and history of Arielys
The name Arielys is a modern invented name that appears to be a variant or feminized form of the Hebrew name Ariel. Ariel has its roots in biblical Hebrew, meaning "lion of God" from the elements ארי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אל ('el) meaning "God".
The oldest recorded use of the name Ariel dates back to the Hebrew Bible, where it is mentioned as a name for the city of Jerusalem in Isaiah 29:1. In later Jewish tradition, the name Ariel became associated with an angel, specifically one of the seven archangels in medieval Jewish folklore.
As a given name for individuals, Ariel first gained popularity in the 19th century among English-speaking communities. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was the English poet and critic Ariel Towne (1822-1886). Another early example is the American writer and Transcendentalist Ariel Lugo (1828-1891).
In the 20th century, the name Ariel gained further recognition after it was used as the name of the protagonist in the Shakespeare play "The Tempest". This likely contributed to its increased use as a given name, particularly for girls. Ariel Sharon (1928-2014), the Israeli general and politician, is one of the most notable male bearers of the name.
Other historical figures named Ariel include the Argentine-American writer Ariel Dorfman (born 1942), the Cuban-American artist Ariel Ameijeiras (born 1955), and the Venezuelan singer and actress Ariel Calypso (born 1971). The variant spelling Arielys appears to be a more recent invention, possibly inspired by the Spanish language or as a way to distinguish the feminine form of the name.
People
Arielys + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Arielys as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Arielys: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Arielys?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 327 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Arielys going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,048,178 US residents.
Is Arielys a common name?
We classify Arielys as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 330 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Arielys most popular?
The single biggest year for Arielys was 2013, when 23 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Arielys is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Arielys in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 308 people with the name Arielys, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #28,952 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Arielys in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Arielys?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Arielys leans strongly female. 301 people counted with this name were female (98.0%), compared with 6 male bearers (2.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Arielys?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Arielys is Hispanic at 94.5%. The next largest groups are White (1.9%) and Black (1.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Arielys most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Arielys in the 2020 Census, accounting for 94.5% (291 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Arielys in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Arielys a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Arielys in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Arielys still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Arielys in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Arielys can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Arielys as a first name?
If you just want to know how many Americans are named Arielys, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.