Areej
Areej is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Areej
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Areej is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Areej
American parents first put Areej on the record books as a baby girl name in 1981, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 40 Areejs were born — ranking #3,767 that year. About 36% of every Areej on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Areej ranks #6,088 for baby girls with 19 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 635 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Areej
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Areej. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Areej
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About the name Areej
Areej is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 635 births in the dataset. Areej's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #3,767. Use the chart and map above to compare Areej's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.