Unisex name · since 1998
Areion
Areion has 31 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Areion sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 31 recorded since 1998.
Areion has 31 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2005.
- #40,443 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1998
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Areion ranks #40,443 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1998, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Areion's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Areion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Areion's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Areion popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2005
- Peak year (1999)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2005.
31 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 17 births in a single year.
Areion popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2016 (Areion as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Areion accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Areion by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 84% of the file).
1990s was Areion's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Areion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (84% of all-time use).
Areion decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Areion's data
- Areion's decade-level peak was the 1990s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Areion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Areion draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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