Areg

#4,146 in 2025Boys' name

Sun, bright

Areg has been given to 223 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #4,146 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Areg, 2025

1 in 133,000

Areg over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Areg: meaning, origin, and history

Sun, bright

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Areg means

Areg means “sun, bright”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 223 boys were recorded with the name Areg between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,017 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,243 in 2020 to #4,146 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Areg?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 133,000; 25 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 68,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,146; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 91,917 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Areg 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 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Areg. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aregs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Areg was born before 2020 — so the typical Areg is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 55.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 223; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 55.2% of all recorded uses (123).

Is Areg 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: +931; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,097; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 96.2%; Peak was 2021 (26)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,017; 2021

Spellings of Areg

Areg is not the most common spelling — Fred is, with 19.8% against Areg's 0.01%.

Fred19.8%343,655
Alex16.5%286,169
Jared11.9%206,351
Drew4.5%78,592
Greg4.5%77,706
Axel4.2%72,459
Abel3.8%66,037
Rex3.5%60,449

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 Areg is used

Across 1910–2025, Areg was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 544,772 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 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. Areg has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Areg around the world

Where Areg 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.

France
2013–2025
#2,823
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Areg by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,146
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,097
Best rank ever: #4,017; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 26 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 223
Count in 2025: 25

Names similar to Areg

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

Arel Arek Areeb Areli Arez Aref Aren Arend Creg Treg Areon Areez Reg Areen Ares Nareg Kreg Ared Areus Arelio Arenzo Arec Aree Areyon

Sibling names for Areg

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

For a sister

Karleigh Keren Kendyl Leigha Leonor Jaylen Kamilah Hayleigh

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Henri Evans Gavyn

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