Arek
#8,498 most common boys' name of all time · #21,467 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#8,498
Rank overall
#21,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
380
Since 2016
94
Peak year
2003 #4,039
Best rank
#4,039 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Arek first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,931 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,136 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,014 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,952 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,739 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,747 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,798 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,918 |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,402 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,093 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,945 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,049 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,377 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,024 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,608 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,271 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,224 |
| 2003 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,039 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,876 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,241 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,658 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,384 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,093 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,096 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,436 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,652 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,141 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,187 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,373 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,666 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,756 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,948 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,254 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,071 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,825 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,816 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,890 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,841 |