UK boy's name
Arijus
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Arijus is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Arijus popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4107, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2016, with 20 births.
This profile covers 173 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 2007 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 20% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 178 living people in the UK are called Arijus. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Arijus ranked #4107 for boys in England and Wales in 2023, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2016, when 20 boys were registered as Arijus.
- • Arijus ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #392 in 2020.
- • About 178 living people in the UK are estimated to have Arijus as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4107
2023
Births in 2023
4
Latest year
Peak year
2016
20 births
Estimated living
178
2026
Popularity
Arijus over time
The chart below shows babies named Arijus registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Arijus, the clearest high point is 2016. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2023, compared with 20 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Arijus by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Arijus was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #2586 | 36 | 4 |
| 2010s | #1965 | 123 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2493 | 14 | 2 |
Geography
Where Arijus is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Arijus. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Arijus ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #392 in 2020.
Across the UK
Arijus in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#392 in 2020
2 years of NISRA records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Arijus
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Arijus: questions and answers
How popular is the name Arijus in the UK right now?
In 2023, Arijus was ranked #4107 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Arijus most popular?
The peak year on record was 2016, with 20 babies registered as Arijus in England and Wales.
How many people are called Arijus in the UK?
A total of 173 babies have been registered as Arijus across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 6 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Arijus most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Arijus ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #392 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.