Aren
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #2,077 for boys in 2025, 71 births
Given to boys 86.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,247since 1925
Aren over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,077 | 71 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #1,891 | 84 |
| 2023 | — | #2,221 | 64 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,117 | 70 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,300 | 60 |
| 2020 | — | #2,190 | 63 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,228 | 62 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,920 | 77 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | — | #2,134 | 65 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,370 | 54 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #2,336 | 54 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | — | #2,467 | 50 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,451 | 52 | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #2,337 | 55 |
| 2006 | — | #2,126 | 61 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,206 | 54 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #2,349 | 45 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,046 | 53 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #1,899 | 51 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #1,790 | 53 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #1,662 | 53 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,161 | 26 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Aren! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aren is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#826 · 1 in 7,121
- Florida#1,182 · 1 in 10,649
- Texas#1,660 · 1 in 19,431
- New York#1,767 · 1 in 19,148
Best ever in a state: #599 in Massachusetts, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #826 | 29 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Florida | #1,182 | 9 | 1 in 10,649 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 9 | 1 in 19,431 |
| New York | #1,767 | 5 | 1 in 19,148 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aren
- 186 spots since 2024 (#1,891 → #2,077)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#2,190 → #2,077)
- 645 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #2,077)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1996 at #1,655 (58 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,511 boys born in 2024 were named Aren (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,057 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,655 in 1996, was only 1 in 32,660 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Aren (549) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,197 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 114 | #1,999 (1976) | #3,330 |
| 1980s | 215 | #2,036 (1984) | #2,519 |
| 1990s | 441 | #1,655 (1996) | #2,006 |
| 2000s | 511 | #1,953 (2004) | #2,283 |
| 2010s | 549 | #1,920 (2018) | #2,396 |
| 2020s | 412 | #1,891 (2024) | #2,133 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aren in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 23,586 of them was named Aren, which outranked 86.4% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,901Simcha78
- #1,901Sunny78
- #1,901Yohan78
- #1,920Aren77
- #1,920Anay77
- #1,920Blayne77
- #1,920Bradyn77
- #1,937Axell76
- #1,937Cam76
- #1,937Cassidy76
Tied with 16 names at #1,920; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.