Unisex name · since 1972
Arren
306 babies named Arren in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,343 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
306 babies have been named Arren since 1972, making it today's #12343 unisex name.
Arren has 306 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12343 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #10,454 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,343 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arren ranks #10,454 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,343 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 306 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,343 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arren's 306 recorded births place it above 76.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Arren compares
306 46th percentile among 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
Arren's all-time total is 17% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arren splits its recorded history at 1998: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arren popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Arren popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1979 (Arren as girls' name)
Arren by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (96 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Arren's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Arren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 96 births (31% of all-time use).
Arren by state
Where Arren concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 306 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arren's data
- Arren's decade-level peak was the 1990s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Arrens (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Arren 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.