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291
in the U.S.
in 2010

Ari

Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Lion
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Gender: Neutral
1,994^th All Time
67,747^th in 2010

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1958	9	0	9
1959	13	0	13
1960	32	0	32
1961	57	5	52
1962	42	7	35
1963	32	0	32
1964	35	0	35
1965	46	0	46
1966	41	0	41
1967	47	0	47
1968	55	0	55
1969	97	5	92
1970	129	6	123
1971	173	7	166
1972	116	6	110
1973	124	7	117
1974	135	7	128
1975	117	12	105
1976	111	10	101
1977	135	12	123
1978	139	10	129
1979	168	11	157
1980	161	14	147
1981	127	11	116
1982	154	15	139
1983	156	5	151
1984	114	9	105
1985	139	14	125
1986	140	15	125
1987	143	28	115
1988	132	13	119
1989	145	24	121
1990	162	22	140
1991	179	23	156
1992	180	24	156
1993	174	21	153
1994	202	32	170
1995	184	18	166
1996	212	28	184
1997	205	24	181
1998	186	20	166
1999	211	18	193
2000	232	25	207
2001	297	49	248
2002	305	57	248
2003	373	75	298
2004	369	72	297
2005	349	64	285
2006	453	78	375
2007	566	103	463
2008	601	106	495
2009	646	130	516
2010	650	134	516
2011	644	135	509
2012	810	176	634
2013	928	226	702
2014	912	227	685
2015	1,026	264	762

Fun Facts about the name Ari

How many people with the first name Ari have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 14,320 babies born with the first name Ari in the United States. That's more than enough people named Ari to occupy the territory of Wallis and Futuna (France) with an estimated population of 13,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Ari? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1958 when it was given as a first name to 9 new born babies.
When was Ari first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Ari is Monday, December 8th, 1873.
What year had the most people named Ari born? The highest recorded use of the first name Ari was in 2015 with a total of 762 babies.
Random Ari Factoid: According to the 1992 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Ari is not a popular baby boy's name in Texas. Imagine that, only 8 babies in Texas have the same name as you in 1992.
Weird things about the name Ari: Your name in reverse order is Ira. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ari. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Ari? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 291 people with the last name Ari.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Ari? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Ari as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.0m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Ari	U.S.
█	White	56.70%	64.26%
█	African American	9.97%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	21.65%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.00%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	3.09%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	8.59%	16.26%

Of Last Name Ari

People with the last name Ari are most frequently White or Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Ari" mean? The list below shows the origins of Ari as well as things modernly associated with the name Ari such as celebrities named Ari.

Hebrew

Origin and Meaning of Ari

The name "Ari" is of Hebrew origin, and it means "Lion". It's a name commonly given to both boys and girls.

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A Latin script language of Papua New Guinea.

Ari was also found in the following language(s): Faroese, Finnish, and Icelandic

Notable Persons With the Name Ari

Ari Emanuel

Ari Emanuel is a co-ceo, william morris endeavor, and talent agent. Ari was given the name Ariel Zev Emanuel on March 29th, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Ari Graynor

Ari Graynor is an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 2001. Ari was given the name Ariel Geltman Graynor on April 27th, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Ari Fleischer

Ari Fleischer is a White House Press Secretary. Ari was born on October 13th, 1960 in Pound Ridge, New York, U.S.

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Ari Gold

Ari Gold is a fictional character.

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Ari Up

Ari Up was a punk rock, reggae, dub music, techno, and dancehall musician. She was most prominent from 1976 to 2010. Ari was given the name Ariane Daniele Forster on January 17th, 1962 in Munich. Ari is also known as Baby Ari and Madussa. She left this life on October 20th, 2010.

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Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro is a broadcast journalism and radio journalist. His most notable accomplishments were from 2001 to present. Ari was born on September 30th, 1978 in Fargo, North Dakota.

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Ari Millen

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Ari Melber

(pundit)
Ari Behn

(author)
Ari Skúlason

(soccer player)
Ari Folman

(film director)
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(soccer player)
Ari Gold

(chief executive officer)
Ari Hoenig

(drummer)
Ari Hest

(singer-songwriter)
Ari Herstand

(music industry blogger)
Ari Schwartz

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Ari Jabotinsky

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Ari Wallach

(founder)
Ari Ahonen

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Ari

Ari

Ari was a soccer player for the FC Krasnodar, Fortaleza Esporte Clube, Kalmar FF, AZ Alkmaar, and FC Spartak Moscow. Ari was born on December 11th, 1985 in Fortaleza. They breathed their last breath on December 8th, 2012.

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Taner Ari

Taner Ari is a soccer player for the FC Blau-Weiß Linz, UD Fuerteventura, SC Schwanenstadt, SC Wiener Neustadt, Orduspor, TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor, Ünyespor, Denizlispor, FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, Sivas Belediye Spor, and Batman Petrolspor. Taner was born on May 29th, 1987 in Erzincan.

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Ahmet Arı

Ahmet Arı is a soccer player for the Şanlıurfaspor, Gaziantepspor, Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Bursaspor, Samsunspor, Denizlispor, and Karşıyaka S.K. Ahmet was born on January 13th, 1989 in Batman, Turkey.

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Arjen Arî

Arjen Arî was a famous person. Arjen was born in 1956 in Nusaybin. He died on October 30th, 2012.

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Elijah Ari

Elijah Ari is a soccer player for the Bowsher Club, FC Dordoi Bishkek, Vakhsh Qurghonteppa, Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda, Barki Tajik Dushanbe, and Kyrgyzstan national football team. Elijah was born on November 6th, 1987 in Ghana.

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Kadir Ari

Kadir Ari is a soccer player for the Beşiktaş J.K., Turgutluspor, FBM Yaşamspor, and Turkey national under-17 football team. Kadir was born on November 27th, 1994 in Nazilli, Turkey.

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