Areg
Boy · ah-REG
Areg is a boys' name, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Areg mean?
Armenian, from an old word for the sun
“sun”
An Armenian name from an old word for the sun, also the name of a month in the old Armenian calendar.
- Say it
- ah-REG
Is Areg a girl's or a boy's name?
Areg is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Areg in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Areg, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Areg in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Areg in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Areg
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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