Ariana is a moderately popular girls' name in United States, ranking #156 in 1996 with 2,043 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2014 with 5,502 births ranking #37. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 858 girls born was named Ariana. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Ariana is the Portuguese form of Ariadne. Through that older name, it is often linked with a Greek explanation that is commonly given as most holy, though some scholars think the deeper origin may be older and less certain.
The name became especially visible in modern English-speaking countries during the late 20th century. Even so, its deeper story reaches back to Ariadne in Greek myth.