Arel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-el
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Arel is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Arel come from?
Perhaps a form of Ariel; root uncertain
Is Arel a girl's or a boy's name?
Arel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Arel, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Arel of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Arel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Arel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 2 | #6,266 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
How popular is Arel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 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, 16 boys in the US were named Arel, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had the most boys named Arel of any year since it first appeared, in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Arel in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Arel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Luca Arlo Albie Ezra Archer Abel Atlas Alfie Asher Milo Cooper
Names related to Arel
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, “Arel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arel, updated 20 October 2026.