Arek — #10078 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arek

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Arek between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arek currently holds the #10078 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arek performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arek shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arek in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arek 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 373 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.