Arren
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Arren is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Arren mean?
Modern: variant of Aaron or Arran
Arren is the young prince who journeys with Ged in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Farthest Shore.
Is Arren a girl's or a boy's name?
Arren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arren in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Arren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Arren, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Arren than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Arren in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Arren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Arren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Arren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Kayden Dylan Ryan Jayden Declan Kian Brody Brayden Ronan Arran Logan
Other spellings of Arren
Names related to Arren
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Arren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arren, updated 20 October 2026.