Areej
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-REEJ
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Areej is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fragrance; sweet scent”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Areej mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“fragrance; sweet scent”
Is Areej a girl's or a boy's name?
Areej is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Areej in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Areej, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 girls.
2025 had more girls named Areej than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Areej in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Areej in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Areej in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Areej, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Areej than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Areej in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Areej in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Areej
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anvi Saanvi Avneet Arya Aarvi Aavya Aashvi Aadhya Anvika Aarya Amrit
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Areej: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/areej, updated 20 October 2026.