Total births
19
US rank #11627 Boys' name Peak 2004 19 births
Aref — #11627 US boys' name
19 babies named Aref in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
#11627
of 14,243 boys in use
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
2000s
Peak decade
68% of everyone ever named Aref was born in this single decade.
2004
Single peak year
8 babies were named Aref in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aref
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Aref between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aref currently holds the #11627 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aref performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aref shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aref 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 19 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.
Aref at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2004
Current rank
#11,627
Active since
2004
Aref popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Aref by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 13 births that decade — 68% of Aref's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Aref? ▼
19 babies have been named Aref since 2004. It currently ranks #11627 among boys. The peak year was 2004 with 8 births.
When was Aref most popular? ▼
Aref was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Aref been used? ▼
Aref has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 21 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Aref? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ares, Aren, Areeb, Arek, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Aref
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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, 2004–2024 (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.