Areg — #5147 US boys' name
198 babies named Areg in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Areg was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Areg in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Areg
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Areg between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Areg currently holds the #5147 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Areg performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Areg shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Areg in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Areg 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 198 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.
Areg at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Areg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #5147 among boys.
198 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 26 births in a single year.
Areg by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 98 births that decade — 49% of Areg's all-time total
Areg decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Areg's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Areg by state
Where Areg concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 16.2% |
32 of 198 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 16.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.