Arely

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 279 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
279
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#984
down from #924
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Arely has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#688#877#1065201520182025#984

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YearUS rank
2015#780
2016#769
2017#941
2018#939
2023#837
2024#924
2025#984

Arely by the numbers

Arely was given to 279 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 552 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Arely

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arelilion of god; a form of Ariel120 in the US (2017)
  • Arielylion of god; a form of Ariel15 in the US (2017)
  • Arelaaltar or lion of God; related to Ariel4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anely16 in the US (2017)
  • Adely12 in the US (2017)
  • Amely11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arely

Names that are said the same way as Arely, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aureliegolden; a form of Aurelia12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arelly10 in the US (2017)
  • Araly5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Arely

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