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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

ArianaIn Hebrew: אריאנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ariana (Hebrew: אריאנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 419 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 17 girls and ranked #525. Its peak year was 1971, with 32 babies.

People in Israel
419
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
17
rank #525
Peak year
1971
32 babies
USA, 2025
2,219
rank #128

Writing and saying Ariana

In Hebrew letters the name is אריאנה, read right to left. Ariana is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ariana by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ariana: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ariana in English-speaking countries

Ariana in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,219#1282014 (5,504)
United Kingdom2025267#2022017 (578)
England and Wales2025247#2032017 (524)
Scotland202516#2262016 (50)
Northern Ireland20254#3342018 (20)
Ireland202520#2172015 (37)
British Columbia202319#1562013 (40)
Alberta202517#2602014 (50)
Quebec202520#2802018 (40)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ariana has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ariana

How do you write Ariana in Hebrew?

Ariana is written אריאנה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ariana?

419 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אריאנה: 419 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ariana a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אריאנה are women.

Is Ariana used outside Israel?

The name Ariana appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,219 girls were given it in 2025 (#128), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 267 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.