# Warren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/warren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “river”, “water”, “rain”, “flow” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Wazza |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 185,502 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 184,518 / 984 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,813, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].

## What it means

Warren is grouped under rain, river and water.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 11,758 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14,498 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,913 |
| 1991 | 5 | 15,400 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,510 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,137 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19,070 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,398 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,441 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12,084 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,252 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,643 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,962 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,221 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,713 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 524 | 498 |
| 2012 | 577 | 473 |
| 2013 | 585 | 477 |
| 2014 | 700 | 433 |
| 2015 | 775 | 400 |
| 2016 | 828 | 387 |
| 2017 | 913 | 360 |
| 2018 | 995 | 338 |
| 2019 | 956 | 349 |
| 2020 | 936 | 343 |
| 2021 | 940 | 346 |
| 2022 | 1,014 | 334 |
| 2023 | 1,082 | 306 |
| 2024 | 1,329 | 263 |
| 2025 | 1,471 | 240 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 333 |
| 2012 | 101 | 404 |
| 2013 | 73 | 508 |
| 2014 | 65 | 558 |
| 2015 | 64 | 577 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 53 | 661 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 39 | 798 |
| 2020 | 39 | 796 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Warren

- Warren Buffett, American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
- Warren Beatty, American actor and filmmaker
- Warren Zaïre-Emery, French footballer (born 2006)
- Warren Oates, American actor (1928–1982)
- Warren E. Burger, chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 (1907–1995)
- Warren G, American rapper, record producer and disc jockey
- Warren Farrell, author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
- Warren Zevon, American rock musician (1947–2003)
- Warren Barguil, French cyclist
- Warren Weaver, American mathematician (1894–1978)
- Warren De la Rue, British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1815–1889)
- Warren Clarke, English actor (1947–2014)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.