Arien — #5297 US boys' name
632 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.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Arien was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Arien in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arien
The Social Security Administration has registered 632 babies named Arien between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arien currently holds the #5297 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 44 babies received it in a single year. Arien is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 456 additional births since 1978.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arien performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Arien in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arien 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 632 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.
Arien at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arien popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2013)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #5297 among boys.
632 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 44 births in a single year.
Arien popularity over time — girls
456 total births recorded since 1978 (Arien as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Arien accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arien by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 228 births that decade — 36% of Arien's all-time total
Arien decade highlights
- Peak decade 228 births
- Runner-up 151 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arien's strongest decade
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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 632 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.3% 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, 1978–2024 (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.