Unisex name · since 1996
Areon
87 babies named Areon in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Areon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 87 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Areon recorded 87 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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 1996 to 2021.
- #18,274 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 87 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Areon ranks #18,274 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Areon's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Areon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Areon's full recorded timeline at 2004, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Areon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2021
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
87 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 10 births in a single year.
Areon popularity over time - girls
45 total births recorded since 1998 (Areon as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Areon accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Areon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (49 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Areon's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Areon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (56% of all-time use).
Areon decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Areon's data
- Areon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Areon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1996–2021 (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 Areon 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.
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