Airen — #7977 US boys' name
178 babies named Airen in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Airen was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Airen in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Airen
The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Airen between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Airen currently holds the #7977 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Airen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 135 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Airen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Airen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Airen 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 178 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.
Airen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Airen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2012)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #7977 among boys.
178 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 14 births in a single year.
Airen popularity over time — girls
135 total births recorded since 1980 (Airen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Airen accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Airen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 73 births that decade — 41% of Airen's all-time total
Airen decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Airen's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.