Ahren — #8437 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ahren

The Social Security Administration has registered 956 babies named Ahren between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ahren currently holds the #8437 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ahren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ahren in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ahren in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 956 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.