Top Disney-Inspired Baby Names Revealed By State

New Yorkers with newborns want to be part of that world.

Parents from the Big Apple and beyond are taking deep dives “Under the Sea” for baby-name inspiration, popularly crowing their little ones “Ariel” — after the principal princess in the 1989 classic “The Little Mermaid” — per a June 2024 report.

The study, commissioned by BeenVerified, an online background check service, identified New York in the top 10 states with the most Disney-influenced baby names.

“A recent analysis of the Social Security Administration’s baby-names data set examined how Disney characters have impacted baby naming trends in the US,” explained study authors.

The probe dubbed Nevada the No. 1 state with the most Disney-inspired names. New York secured the ninth position.

“Ariel” swam to the top of the list across the Empire State. 

It was followed by “Elsa,” the fierce female lead from “Frozen,” and “Tiana,” which hopped into third place owing to the acclaim of Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog.”

For us here in Minnesota: Elsa from Frozen was #1.