How rare is the name Warren?

87,424 people in the United States have the first name Warren, about 1 in 3,455. It ranks #607 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WARREN

#607

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
87,424
About
1 in 3,455
This common or more
62%
Who bears it

Of the 87,424 people named Warren, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Black and 3.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Warren peaked in 1921, when 7,826 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
7,826
In 2025*
1,493 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 185,502 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Warren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #121. The largest share of babies named Warren, 26%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2351,580
1890s#3321,480
1900s#3651,758
1910s#23112,090
1920s#12139,025
1930s#22919,269
1940s#23023,840
1950s#28524,685
1960s#34918,643
1970s#48110,155
1980s#5997,783
1990s#8315,975
2000s#1,0974,959
2010s#8277,415
2020s#5836,845
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726%
Silent Generation 1928–4520%
Baby boom 1946–6424.6%
Generation X 1965–8010.3%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–124.4%
2013 and later6.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Warren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Warren has been most common in District of Columbia (2×), Louisiana (2×), and Hawaii (1.9×), and least common in Nevada (0.28×).

177,239 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Warren

#605 Preston · 87,761#606 Makayla · 87,622#608 Ariel · 87,270#609 Tanner · 86,959

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Warren, most common first.

#34,544 Waren · 236

Also a last name

As a last name, Warren ranks #186 of 156,621, with 145,946 people. See Warren as a last name

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