boys:
947 births since 1970
#3644 (20th percentile)
overall:
947 births since 1970
#6792 (12th percentile)
The name Ahren is the #6,792 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 947 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,644 (20.5% percentile) for all time with 947 births since 1970.
Ahren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970).
For boys, Ahren reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #838) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ahren ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ahren".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Ahren. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.8% confident that Ahren is pronounced as AH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ruhn, at 19.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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