Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ahren

#4,917 most common boys' name of all time · #12,133 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#4,917
Rank overall
#12,133 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
966
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2005 #2,723
Best rank
#1,714 1978
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Ahren first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,808
2024 — 9 9 #8,480
2023 — 12 12 #7,011
2022 — 11 11 #7,395
2021 — 10 10 #7,735
2020 — 14 14 #6,087
2019 — 17 17 #5,401
2018 — 18 18 #5,164
2017 — 14 14 #6,152
2016 — 23 23 #4,372
2015 — 19 19 #4,948
2014 — 16 16 #5,561
2013 — 19 19 #4,871
2012 — 18 18 #5,102
2011 — 11 11 #7,140
2010 — 22 22 #4,421
2009 — 24 24 #4,207
2008 — 25 25 #4,084
2007 — 25 25 #4,055
2006 — 34 34 #3,184
2005 — 40 40 #2,723
2004 — 35 35 #2,916
2003 — 18 18 #4,508
2002 — 26 26 #3,396
2001 — 24 24 #3,562
2000 — 19 19 #4,134
1999 — 13 13 #5,153
1998 — 8 8 #7,079
1997 — 11 11 #5,433
1996 — 12 12 #5,009
1995 — 16 16 #3,950
1994 — 13 13 #4,654
1993 — 14 14 #4,343
1992 — 12 12 #4,716
1991 — 11 11 #4,932
1990 — 17 17 #3,555
1989 — 17 17 #3,403
1988 — 8 8 #5,506
1987 — 13 13 #3,648
1986 — 13 13 #3,579
1985 — 12 12 #3,737
1984 — 15 15 #3,067
1983 — 17 17 #2,759
1982 — 19 19 #2,578
1981 — 27 27 #2,031
1980 — 26 26 #2,102
1979 — 30 30 #1,861
1978 — 32 32 #1,714
1977 — 30 30 #1,773
1976 — 13 13 #3,069
1975 — 9 9 #3,888
1974 — 18 18 #2,353
1973 — 9 9 #3,657
1972 — 6 6 #4,885
1971 — 7 7 #4,327
1970 — 5 5 #5,296