US Name Trends

Warren

A Norman surname from La Varenne, later read as the English word for a game enclosure.

1921peak year
No. 24best rank (1921)
185,502babies since 1880
No. 240rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Warren per year — peak 7,798▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Warren appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in 29 different years between 1880 and 1944. Its biggest year was 1921, when 7,798 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 24 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 240 for boys. All told, 185,502 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s1,580No. 83
1890s1,480No. 103
1900s1,748No. 112
1910s12,012No. 83
1920s38,775No. 24
1930s19,151No. 95
1940s23,740No. 97
1950s24,602No. 117
1960s18,561No. 151
1970s10,078No. 182
1980s7,710No. 254
1990s5,959No. 339
2000s4,959No. 437
2010s7,391No. 338
2020s6,772No. 240

Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.