Aryan is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #4171 in 2006 with 35 recorded births. This places Aryan in the top 21% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2013 with 36 births ranking #4082. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 169.2%. In 2006, approximately 1 in every 54,316 girls born was named Aryan. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Aryan is a name with roots in Sanskrit and the wider Indo-Iranian tradition, where it is associated with the idea of nobility. In South Asian naming, it is often chosen with that traditional meaning in mind.
The name has a legitimate history in South Asian and related traditions, but modern global use can be complicated by later political misuse of the word in a very different context. That makes cultural context especially important when writing about it.