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.

Aren*

#2,685 most common boys' name of all time · #6,462 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1925–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,685
Rank overall
#6,462 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
2,595
Since 2016
682
Peak year
2024 #1,894
Best rank
#1,663 1996
Girls Boys peak 90/yr
19401960198020002020

Aren first appears in 1925. 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 — 71 71 #2,083
2024 6 84 90 #1,894
2023 — 64 64 #2,229
2022 — 70 70 #2,121
2021 5 60 65 #2,307
2020 — 63 63 #2,196
2019 — 62 62 #2,242
2018 — 77 77 #1,926
2017 5 50 55 #2,542
2016 — 65 65 #2,137
2015 — 44 44 #2,733
2014 — 54 54 #2,376
2013 7 54 61 #2,341
2012 10 42 52 #2,829
2011 8 51 59 #2,453
2010 — 50 50 #2,476
2009 — 52 52 #2,460
2008 9 48 57 #2,598
2007 5 55 60 #2,353
2006 — 61 61 #2,130
2005 5 54 59 #2,219
2004 7 62 69 #1,959
2003 7 45 52 #2,358
2002 6 53 59 #2,053
2001 10 43 53 #2,318
2000 9 38 47 #2,496
1999 9 43 52 #2,176
1998 11 51 62 #1,909
1997 20 53 73 #1,801
1996 9 58 67 #1,663
1995 14 43 57 #1,966
1994 16 49 65 #1,783
1993 12 53 65 #1,670
1992 6 37 43 #2,103
1991 5 23 28 #2,860
1990 — 31 31 #2,277
1989 8 21 29 #2,934
1988 6 27 33 #2,278
1987 — 12 12 #3,808
1986 — 26 26 #2,187
1985 9 19 28 #2,643
1984 7 26 33 #2,068
1983 8 22 30 #2,304
1982 7 21 28 #2,371
1981 6 16 22 #2,832
1980 7 25 32 #2,132
1979 10 17 27 #2,726
1978 8 20 28 #2,324
1977 9 14 23 #2,966
1976 7 24 31 #2,028
1975 10 14 24 #2,825
1974 5 7 12 #4,376
1973 — 6 6 #4,750
1972 7 6 13 #4,681
1971 6 — 6 —
1970 — 6 6 #4,459
1969 9 — 9 —
1959 6 — 6 —
1957 7 — 7 —
1946 5 — 5 —
1925 — 5 5 #4,782