Narek — #4246 US boys' name
645 babies named Narek in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Narek was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Narek in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Narek
The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Narek between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Narek currently holds the #4246 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Narek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Narek shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 413 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Narek in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Narek 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 645 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.
Narek at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Narek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2021)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #4246 among boys.
645 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 42 births in a single year.
Narek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 232 births that decade — 36% of Narek's all-time total
Narek decade highlights
- Peak decade 232 births
- Runner-up 174 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Narek's strongest decade
232 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Narek by state
Where Narek concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 413 | 64.0% |
413 of 645 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 64.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 64.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1990–2024 (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.