Arel — #6488 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arel

The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Arel between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arel currently holds the #6488 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arel 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 290 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.