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Airiana vs Airmiess

American parents have registered 577 Airianas since 1880, against 32 Airmiesses. Airiana is still ahead, with 5 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Airiana against Airmiess, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Airiana Airmiess

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 29 years in which either name was published, Airiana for 27 years and Airmiess for 2 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.

Side by side

  Airiana Airmiess
Total US births 57732
Most in one year 5017
Babies in 2025 5under 5
Estimated living today 57030
Median age today 182
Peak year 20072023
Best rank 3,329th girls5,470th boys
Rank in 2025 14,942ndunranked
First recorded 19952022
Girls / boys 577 / 00 / 32

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Airianas alive today are over 18; half the Airmiesses are over 2. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Airiana and Airmiess.