How popular is Aria (UK)

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How popular is the name Aria in the UK, love this name but wanted something unique.

I know/know of 3. All under 5.

I know 2. One is 6 months and one is 3

Never heard it.

I don't have young kids

It's very popular here...Aria and Ariana.

Very popular.

I work in a team of 12, and 3 of them have grandchildren named Aria.

I know two under a year old, but I do volunteer with babies. I hadn’t met one before these two and I worked in Early Years for many years until relatively recently.

One at my daughters secondary school.

Babies called Aria in England & Wales since 1996

If you look on the ONS baby name page, you can check how popular it is in your area.

The only time I've ever heard it was the character in pretty little liars.

It's definitely not 'unique', as that means one of a kind. It's not even unusual though I'm afraid. It's comfortably top 50 and has been for a good few years now. Popularity varies from area to area but, around me, Aria is one of the most common names in girls under 5.

I know lots of Arias and an Aariya (who I'm convinced was named just to be first on every alphabetical list).

Very popular where I am. I know 7 just of school friends of my 2 daughters. Id say it’s unlikely she’d be the only one in her year group. Maybe even her class

I don’t know any across my children’s 3 schools.

I've seen it on MN a few times, but don't now any in real life- but then I don't have children and don't know many.

Note, that its the name a music award in Australia.

Do you definitely want something unique? Aria is a lovely name and it's fine to like names that are fashionable.
Ria, Artemis, Artemisia, Harmony and Allegra are all less common than Aria for children born today. What is it about the name that you like?

I have a 12 year old called Aria and she hasn't met another one. The rise in popularity in recent years does make gift shops a bit more fun for her now!

Ari names - Aria, Arianne, Arianna (and I even met a mum with newborn boy Ari recently) are extremely popular where I live (South West England).

There's an Aralie at DDs nursery, have you thought/ heard of that? I love it!

We want an Italian name (family is Italian) that is more of a modern name in Italy, and not very common in Italy either, so we are trying to find something that suits both England and Italy. It’s very difficult to get something that we feel suits both countries, and easy to pronounce in both.

It's currently ranked at number 31, so pretty popular.

Not only is it popular, but it only entered the top 1,000 in 2010. That's a very fast rise which means it will date badly - think Gary, Darren etc

Lots under 2. It’s only just become really popular.

Popular with Hindus that I know

I don’t know any.

Ari is a traditional Hebrew boy's name.