Boy or Girl

Is Aerial a boy or girl name?

Aerial is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 11 girls and 0 boys were named Aerial, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 2,000 US babies named Aerial were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#8,930
Babies named Aerial since 1981
2,000
Most popular year
1991
138 babies
Babies named Aerial each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Aerial from 1981 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020020002020

Boys and girls named Aerial, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1980s0308100%
1990s687199.3%
2000s0456100%
2010s0292100%
2020s067100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–11#8,930
20230–7#12,205
20220–12#8,548
20210–21#5,748
20200–16#6,930
20190–18#6,419
20180–27#4,889
20170–17#6,812
20160–19#6,405
20150–36#4,071
20140–49#3,273
20130–37#4,004
20120–33#4,387
20110–26#5,210
20100–30#4,736
20090–31#4,681
20080–40#3,939
20070–37#4,132
20060–52#3,177
20050–44#3,404
20040–36#3,900
20030–50#2,999
20020–51#2,889
20010–54#2,740
20000–61#2,480
19990–73#2,095
19980–78#1,940
19970–79#1,865
19960–89#1,702
19950–82#1,762
19940–85#1,728
19930–70#1,985
19920–99#1,565
19916#7,285132#1,270
19900–84#1,734
19890–56#2,169
19880–57#2,053
19870–38#2,613
19860–32#2,904
19850–29#3,083
19840–33#2,732
19830–28#2,977
19820–29#3,016
19810–6#9,119

Highest rank

As a boy name, Aerial reached #7,285 in 1991. As a girl name, it reached #1,270 in 1991. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.