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Aaren

#8,245 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly warrior lion, through Aaron

Aaren has been given to 1,203 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #8,245 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 36 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Aaren, 2025

1 in 368,000

Aaren over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aaren over time

In 2025, Aaren went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aaren: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly warrior lion, through Aaron

Hebrew

What Aaren means

Aaren belongs to the name family reached through Aaren → Aaron. Its meaning is “warrior lion”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Rare spelling variant of Aaron, also used for women since the end of the 20th century.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Aaren (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Aaren is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aaron.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 921 boys were recorded with the name Aaren between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2003; its best national rank was #2,504 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,038 in 2020 to #8,245 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,294 in 2015 to #8,245 in 2025.

In the United States, 282 girls were recorded with the name Aaren between 1975 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1990; its best national rank was #4,225 in 1990.

How common is Aaren?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,245
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aaren sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aaren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aarens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aaren was born before 2004 — so the typical Aaren is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
921
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 28.1% of all recorded uses (259).

Is Aaren rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,691
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,207
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,951
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.39×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.0%
Peak was 2003 (36)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,504
1998

Spellings of Aaren

Aaren is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 23.7% against Aaren's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Aaren is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Aaren was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 400,182 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aaren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Aaren is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aaren was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aaren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aaren around the world

Where Aaren ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2017–2023
    #2,216
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1971–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aaren by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,245
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,207
Best rank ever
#2,504
1998
Peak year
2003
36 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
921
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,225
1990
Peak year
1990
23 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
282
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aaren

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Aaren

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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