| Aryan | Reyansh | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Noble | Ray of light |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | AR-yun | RAY-ansh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1978 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2007 (406) | 2017 (384) |
| In 2025 | 275 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Aryan | Reyansh |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,835 | 860 |
| 2010s | 3,347 | 2,193 |
| 2000s | 2,594 | 35 |
| 1990s | 254 | 0 |
| 1980s | 71 | 0 |
| 1970s | 5 | 0 |
From Sanskrit arya (आर्य), 'noble, honourable, worthy'. The original sense is one of nobility and virtue; it is unrelated to later misappropriations of the term.
A modern coinage usually read as 'ray of light', often analysed as 'ray' plus the Sanskrit amsha (अंश, 'portion/part'), giving a devotional reading 'a part of Vishnu'. The Vishnu link is an interpretation built on amsha rather than a documented classical meaning.
Aryan is more popular than Reyansh today: about 275 US babies were given the name Aryan in 2025, compared with 0 named Reyansh.
Aryan means Noble (sanskrit origin), while Reyansh means Ray of light (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Aryan first appears in 1978 and Reyansh in 0, so Reyansh has the longer recorded history.