Arena — #7587 US girls' name
486 babies named Arena in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Arena was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Arena in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arena
The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Arena between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arena currently holds the #7587 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arena 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 486 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.
Arena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Arena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #7587 among girls.
486 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 14 births in a single year.
Arena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 87 births that decade — 18% of Arena's all-time total
Arena decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Arena's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
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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, 1888–2024 (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.