Aristea
Feminine name of Greek origin meaning "excellence, virtue".
Name Census estimates that about 80 living Americans carry the first name Aristea. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aristea today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aristea births was 2017 (11 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aristea. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Aristea. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
80
~ 1 in 4,284,429 Americans
Peak year
2017
11 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2023 SSA rank
#15,434
Tracked since 1981
Census
Aristea in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 310 people with the first name Aristea, which placed it at #28,807 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
#28,807
National first-name rank
People counted
310
310 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
58.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aristea
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aristea is White at 58.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (35.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.3%). 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 Aristea 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 Aristea at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White58.4% · 181
- Hispanic or Latino35.2% · 109
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.3% · 7
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 5
- Two or more races1.6% · 5
- Black or African American1.0% · 3
Popularity
Aristea: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aristea from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 47 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aristea remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aristea 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 Aristea during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aristeas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aristea
The name Aristea originated from Ancient Greek, derived from the word "aristos," meaning "best" or "excellent." It was a name given to females born during the Classical period of Ancient Greece, which spanned from the 5th to 4th centuries BC.
Aristea was a relatively uncommon name in ancient times, but it did appear in some historical records and literary works. One notable mention is in the ancient Greek epic poem, the "Argonautica," written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC, where Aristea is mentioned as a nymph associated with the island of Ceos.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Aristea was a Greek poet and grammarian who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 3rd century BC. She is known for her work on the life of the Jewish prophet Moses and is sometimes referred to as Aristea of Alexandria.
Another notable figure with this name was Aristea of Cyrene, a philosopher and mathematician who lived in the 4th century BC. She is credited with being one of the first women to study and contribute to the field of mathematics.
In the Byzantine era, Aristea was the name of a Christian martyr who lived in the 3rd century AD. She was executed for her faith during the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
During the Renaissance period, Aristea Galli was an Italian painter and engraver who lived from 1459 to 1521. She was known for her religious paintings and her collaborations with other artists of the time.
The name Aristea also appears in Greek mythology, where it was the name of one of the Naiads, or freshwater nymphs. In some accounts, Aristea was also the name of a daughter of the Greek god Priam, the king of Troy during the Trojan War.
People
Aristea + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aristea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aristea: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aristea?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 80 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aristea 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 4,284,429 US residents.
Is Aristea a common name?
We classify Aristea as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 81 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aristea most popular?
The single biggest year for Aristea was 2017, when 11 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aristea is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aristea in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 310 people with the name Aristea, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #28,807 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 Aristea 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 Aristea?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aristea appears almost entirely female. Of the 309 people counted with this name, 99.0% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Aristea?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aristea is White at 58.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (35.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.3%). 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 Aristea most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Aristea in the 2020 Census, accounting for 58.4% (181 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 Aristea in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aristea a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aristea 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 Aristea still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aristea 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 Aristea 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 the name Aristea?
See how many Americans are named Aristea on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.