Aren

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aren: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aren: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #577, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#577highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #826 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aren by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aren in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	195	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	198	5 of 10	40

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 40 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aren appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Aren's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#768	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#919	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #577, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lemuel · #577, 29y
Ved · #577, 22y
Yassin · #577, 30y
Anabel · #576, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lemuel · #577, 29y
Rowen · #577, 30y
Shaan · #577, 29y
Yassin · #577, 30y

Aren was ranked #577 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aren and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aren without appearing here.

Aren moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1370 and #4632.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #4747.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #4805.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Aren

Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2220 and #1949.
Leif Compare
In 2023 they stood at #691 and #827 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #826 and #814.

Moved the opposite way to Aren

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Aren

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aren went from #2859 to #826 and Archie from #141 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #577 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Aren at a glance

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