Arek
Boy · AH-rek · Greek
Arek is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Arcadia”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Arek mean?
Greek: Polish short form of Arkadiusz
“from Arcadia”
Polish short form of Arkadiusz, from Greek Arkadios, 'man from Arcadia', a region of the Peloponnese.
- Say it
- AH-rek
Is Arek a girl's or a boy's name?
Arek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Arek, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Arek in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Arek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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