Arel
Masculine
Arel is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 306 boys against 6 girls since 1880.
Arel entered the US charts in 1916, peaked at #3518 in 1937, ranks #5608 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Arel?
Arel first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Arel alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 300 people named Arel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arel most popular?
Arel peaked in 1937, reaching #3518 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 2,090 places below that high. See the whole 1937 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 202516 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3518reached in 1937
- Change vs 2024
- +23.1%16 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arel in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Arels among us
people named Arel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Arel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nay test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nay climbed just as high around 1921, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nay's path sketches the road Arel is walking now.
Arel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Arel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Masculine · #5608 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Arels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Arel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arel in 2025?
- Arel ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arel?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Arel — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arel with classmates?
- Arel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Arel
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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