Aren Boy
How popular is Aren?
#2,077 boy name in 2025
71 baby boys were named Aren in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name.
Aren popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,077 for boys (▼ 186 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,721 in 2015, #2,190 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (84 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,652 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1925 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aren counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aaron family of names ranked #75 for boys in 2025 (#73 the year before), with 4,780 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 4,041 | 85% |
| Aron | 377 | 8% |
| Arin | 73 | 2% |
| Aren | 71 | 1% |
| Ahron | 70 | 1% |
| Aarin | 32 | 1% |
| Aran | 38 | 1% |
| Arron | 12 | 0% |
| Aaren | 9 | 0% |
| Arun | 12 | 0% |
| Ahren | 10 | 0% |
| Aaran | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aren is most popular
Babies named Aren per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (129 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Aren by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1970s | 114 | #1,998 |
| 1980s | 215 | #2,035 |
| 1990s | 441 | #1,652 |
| 2000s | 511 | #1,949 |
| 2010s | 549 | #1,919 |
| 2020s | 412 | #1,891 |
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Questions
- Is Aren a boy or girl name?
- Aren is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Aren were boys.
- How popular is the name Aren?
- 71 baby boys were named Aren in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name.
- When was Aren most popular?
- Aren peaked in 2024, when 84 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,652 in 1996.
- How many people are named Aren?
- 2,595 babies have been named Aren in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,532 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Aren most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aren was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.