Arel
#9,423 most common boys' name of all time · #23,822 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#9,423
Rank overall
#23,822 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
312
Since 2016
120
Peak year
2025 #5,644
Best rank
#3,857 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Arel first appears in 1916. 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 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,644 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,519 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,805 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,918 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,246 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,237 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,241 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,624 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,827 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,848 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,112 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,202 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,425 |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,981 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,907 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,449 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,170 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,412 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,090 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,092 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,854 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,648 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,103 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,618 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,359 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,902 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,465 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,537 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,017 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,857 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,190 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,136 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,304 |