Recorded 1981–2016 Boys' name Peak 1998 146 births

Nareg — boys' name

146 babies named Nareg in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s261990s542000s492010s17
1990s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Nareg was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

11 babies were named Nareg in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nareg

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Nareg between 1981 and 2016, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nareg currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nareg performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nareg shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nareg in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nareg 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 146 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.

Nareg at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

146

Since 1981

36 years of records

Peak year

1998

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1981

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2016

Nareg popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1981

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1998)
11
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
4681012 20162008200420011996199319891981 6

Nareg by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
54 births that decade — 37% of Nareg's all-time total
1980s261990s542000s492010s17

Nareg by state

Where Nareg concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nareg
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
75 51.4%
California share of Nareg's total US births 51.4%

75 of 146 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nareg?
146 babies have been named Nareg since 1981. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1998 with 11 births.
When was Nareg most popular?
Nareg was most popular in the 1990s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Nareg most popular?
The top states for the name Nareg are California (75 births).
How long has the name Nareg been used?
Nareg has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 36 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Nareg?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Narciso, Narek, Narayan, Naren, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1981–2016 (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.