Areya — #7783 US girls' name
360 babies named Areya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Areya was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Areya in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Areya
The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Areya between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Areya currently holds the #7783 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Areya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Areya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Areya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Areya 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 360 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.
Areya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Areya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2021)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #7783 among girls.
360 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 29 births in a single year.
Areya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 157 births that decade — 44% of Areya's all-time total
Areya decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Areya's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Areya by state
Where Areya concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 360 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.