How Many People Are Named Warren?

86,966

people named Warren are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,930 people in the US has this name

Based on 185,502 babies named Warren in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#614

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#274

See the top 100

Peak Year

1921

7,826 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: WAWR-ən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy. This name was borne by the American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.6%
Male
99.4%

Of the babies given the name Warren, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Warren alive today is about 50 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 31 and 71 in 2025.

Under 30 21,125
24.3%
30 to 59 25,548
29.4%
60 and over 40,294
46.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Warren first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 7,826 babies. In 2025, 1,493 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Warren never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #24, in 1921, and it was in the top 100 in 29 years between 1880 and 1944. In 2025 it ranked #240.

Boys
Rank in 2025#240
Best rank#24 (1921)
Years in the top 10029 (1880 to 1944)
Rank in its biggest decade#51 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Warren alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Warren were born in New York than in any other state: about 7,078 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Warren was given 1.9 times as often in Louisiana, 1.8 times in District of Columbia and 1.8 times in Hawaii.

New York 7,078
California 6,643
Texas 4,786
Pennsylvania 4,485
Illinois 3,630
Louisiana 3,306
Ohio 3,241
Florida 3,157
Virginia 2,937
North Carolina 2,696
Georgia 2,667
Michigan 2,600
New Jersey 2,567
Massachusetts 2,180
Maryland 2,120
Indiana 1,933
Alabama 1,841
Missouri 1,828
Tennessee 1,729
Washington 1,629
Minnesota 1,617
Wisconsin 1,601
South Carolina 1,460
Kentucky 1,273
Oklahoma 1,218
Mississippi 1,130
Colorado 1,020
Kansas 997
Iowa 966
District of Columbia 906
Arizona 884
Oregon 864
Connecticut 858
Arkansas 769
Utah 737
West Virginia 734
Hawaii 665
Nebraska 583
Maine 441
New Mexico 372
Idaho 361
Montana 355
South Dakota 323
North Dakota 310
New Hampshire 272
Alaska 198
Rhode Island 168
Nevada 146
Delaware 135
Vermont 89
Wyoming 85

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