Aren
Aren was the 2080th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 71 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1656th; the most babies were born in 2024 (84). Over the last ten years it has moved up 643 places. More babies were named Aren in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,080 boys, up 111 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 71boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202484 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,595babies recorded
Aren popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,080 | — | 71 |
| 2020 | — | #2,191 | — | 63 |
| 2010 | — | #2,471 | — | 50 |
| 2000 | #9,972 | #2,479 | 9 | 38 |
| 1990 | — | #2,258 | — | 31 |
| 1980 | #8,226 | #2,115 | 7 | 25 |
| 1970 | — | #4,253 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Aren, counting every spelling?
Aren is the most common spelling of a name family that had 81 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 81 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aren | 71 | #2,080 | 349 |
| Ahren | 10 | #7,695 | 52 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Aren?
71 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aren (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Aren born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 118 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aren.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aren?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Aren are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 8 and 30. That makes Aren mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aren by state
How common Aren was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (3.5×). In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aren: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aren, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Aren
How popular is the name Aren?
Aren was the 2080th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 71 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1656th; the most babies were born in 2024 (84). Over the last ten years it has moved up 643 places. More babies were named Aren in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Aren a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Aren in the US.
Where is Aren most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aren was most common in California (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts.