Arend — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arend

The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Arend between 1915 and 2012, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arend currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arend performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Arend shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arend in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arend 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 138 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.