Unisex name · since 1978
Arien
646 babies named Arien in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,769 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,242 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 646
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
646 babies have been named Arien since 1978, making it today's #6242 unisex name.
Arien has 646 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6242 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #6,769 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,242 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 646 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arien ranks #6,769 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,242 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 646 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,769 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,242 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 646
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arien's 646 recorded births place it above 85.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Arien compares
646 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Arien's all-time total is 75% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arien | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 646 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arien splits its recorded history at 2004: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arien popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Arien popularity over time - girls
456 total births recorded since 1978 (Arien as girls' name)
Arien by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (228 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Arien's strongest decade.
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Arien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 81
1980s
81 births
- 1990s 73
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
151 births
- 2010s
2010s
228 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 228 births (35% of all-time use).
How Arien 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 Arien's total volume
Arien by state
Where Arien concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 3.3% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
21 of 646 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Arien's data
- Arien's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (228 total births) through the 2020s (82) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Ariens (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Arien 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.