Boys' name · since 1983
Ares
8,284 babies named Ares in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #290 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,284
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ares currently ranks #290 among boys' names in America, with 8,284 babies recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Ares recorded 8,284 times among boys since 1983, holding rank #290 nationally today, ahead of 98% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #1,343 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #290 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,284 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ares ranks #1,343 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #290 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,284 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #290 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,284
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ares's 8,284 recorded births place it above 97.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ares compares
8,284 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ares's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ares | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,284 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,157 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ares's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ares splits its recorded history at 2010: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,157 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ares popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,157
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Ares popularity over time - girls
292 total births recorded since 2011 (Ares as girls' name)
Ares by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,746 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Ares's strongest decade.
4,746 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ares births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 66
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 449
2000s
449 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,018 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,746 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,746 births (57% of all-time use).
How Ares compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ares's total volume
Ares by state
Where Ares concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,429 | 17.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,155 | 13.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 535 | 6.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 425 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 280 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 246 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 222 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 204 | 2.5% |
1,429 of 8,284 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Ares appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Aress (1,429 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1983–2025 (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 Ares 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.