Warren is a boy's name of English origin meaning “river, water and water, rain, flow.” In 2024 it was given to 1,327 boys in the United States.
Warren at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“river, water and water, rain, flow”
Pronunciation
/ˈwɒɹən/
About the name Warren
Warren belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “river, water and water, rain, flow” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Warren first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #24 in 1921, and in 2024 1,327 babies received the name — 183,044 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.