Recorded 1988–2019 Boys' name Peak 2009 209 births

Naren — boys' name

209 babies named Naren in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s222000s1102010s72
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Naren was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

18 babies were named Naren in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Naren

The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Naren between 1988 and 2019, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Naren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Naren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Naren in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Naren 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 209 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.

Naren at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

209

Since 1988

32 years of records

Peak year

2009

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1988

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2019

Naren popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1988

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
18
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
05101520 201920142011200820052002199919921988 5

Naren by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
110 births that decade — 53% of Naren's all-time total
1980s51990s222000s1102010s72

Naren by state

Where Naren concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Naren
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Virginia
6 2.9%
#2 California
5 2.4%
Virginia share of Naren's total US births 2.9%
Even split

6 of 209 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Naren?
209 babies have been named Naren since 1988. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 18 births.
When was Naren most popular?
Naren was most popular in the 2000s decade with 110 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Naren most popular?
The top states for the name Naren are Virginia (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Naren been used?
Naren has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 32 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Naren?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Narciso, Narek, Narayan, Narada, 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, 1988–2019 (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.