Is Aren a boy or girl name?

Aren is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,595 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 13.4% were girls and 86.6% were boys.

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Aren

Recorded 1925–2025 · United States

Aren was most popular in 2024, when 90 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,834 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,430, with 71 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,595 people named Aren.

Aren over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aren’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aren a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aren is mostly a boy’s name — 13.4% of the 2,595 Americans given it were girls and 86.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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 Aren

Where Aren is most concentrated

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

California 7.4×

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