Is Aaren a boy or girl name?

Aaren is a unisex name. Of the 1,203 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 23.4% were girls and 76.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1995, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Aaren

Recorded 1971–2025 · United States

Aaren was most popular in 2003, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,565 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,203 people named Aaren.

Aaren over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aaren’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aaren a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aaren is a unisex name — 23.4% of the 1,203 Americans given it were girls and 76.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1995 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aaren

Where Aaren is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org