Girls' name · since 1888
Arena
Arena has 494 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 494
- born since 1888
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Arena is the #10952 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 494 recorded since 1888.
Social Security Administration records show Arena recorded 494 times among girls since 1888, holding rank #10952 nationally today, ahead of 37% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 2025.
- #11,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,952 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 494 born since 1888
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arena ranks #11,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,952 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 494 born since 1888, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 494
- born since 1888
- 2000s
- peak decade
Arena's 494 recorded births place it above 83.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arena compares
494 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arena's all-time total is 31% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 494 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arena's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1888, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 138 years of records
Arena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 18% of the file).
2000s was Arena's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Arena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 28
1890s
28 births
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
45 births
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (18% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arena's data
- Arena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~137 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, 1888–2025 (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 Arena 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.