Aris is a distinctive choice, ranked #370 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Aris in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#370
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About the Name Aris
Aris has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #346. The name has climbed 399 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Aris is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Aris in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Aris
Alexander Aris — Alexander Myint San Aung Aris is the elder son of Aung San Suu Kyi and Michael Aris.
Aris Christofellis — Aris Christofellis is a Greek sopranist (male soprano singer) and musicologist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Aris
Unlikely. With around 113 UK babies named Aris per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Aris in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Aris is rising: up 375 places since 2020, to #370 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #346 in 2024.
Aris is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Aris include: Alexander Aris, Aris Enkelmann and Aris Christofellis. Short summaries for each appear below.
Aris does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ariss in the wild.
113
UK babies named Aris (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 375 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Aris
Almost certainly the only Aris in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Aris
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Rutherford "Gus" Aris was a chemical engineer, control theorist, applied mathematician, and a regents professor emeritus of chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Athanasios Klaras, better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis (Άρης Βελουχιώτης), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945.
Aris Maliagros (Greek: Άρης Μαλιαγρός; also Aris Malliagros (Άρης Μαλλιαγρός); 17 August 1895 – 18 December 1984) was a Greek actor who played several aristocratic roles.