Unisex name · since 1980
Beren
325 babies named Beren in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,207 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
325 babies have been named Beren since 1980, making it today's #3207 unisex name.
Beren has 325 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3207 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,145 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,207 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 325 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beren ranks #10,145 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,207 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 325 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,207 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Beren's 325 recorded births place it above 77.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Beren compares
325 47th 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
Beren's all-time total is 12% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 325 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 34 | 22,252 |
Beren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Beren's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Beren popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Beren popularity over time - girls
76 total births recorded since 2011 (Beren as girls' name)
Beren by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (138 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Beren's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Beren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 2000s 54
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 138 births (42% of all-time use).
Beren by state
Where Beren concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 325 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Berens (5 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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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Beren 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.