Aran

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #10,122 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,279
1971 · 17 births
Debut · boys
1969
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
974
since 1969

Aran over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aran has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #2,279, 1971boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,12838
2024—#3,60531
2023—#3,34735
2022—#3,27836
2021—#6,69812
2020—#3,81127
2019—#3,34734
2018—#3,89127
2017—#3,51831
2016—#4,47022
2015—#4,40722
2014—#3,53230
2013—#4,31322
2012—#3,37132
2011—#3,79227
2010—#4,36622
2009—#4,16024
2008—#3,56130
2007—#4,24323
2006—#3,88825
2005—#4,32620
2004—#3,86023
2003—#4,11420
2002—#4,70316
2001—#6,44510
2000—#4,57316
1999—#4,76214
1998#10,1228#5,46611
1997—#5,28811
1996—#5,9829
1995—#6,9927
1994—#3,91116
1993—#5,36010
1992—#6,6707
1991—#4,23113
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1989—#5,1659
1988—#3,91512
1987—#6,9515
1986—#4,13010
1985—#4,05210
1984—#3,70111
1983#10,2755#4,1419
1982—#4,2349
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,83810
1979—#4,0689
1978#7,6497#2,79915
1977#7,5677#2,79115
1976—#3,26411
1975—#2,90213
1974—#3,5589
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,27917
1970—#4,2306
1969—#3,0629
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Aran! It came in at #3,062, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Aran is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Aran, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
  2. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #1,260 in California, 1975.

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California#2,20361 in 29,246
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See more about Aran
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 477 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #3,128)
  • 683 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,128)
  • 1,279 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #3,128)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1971 at #2,279 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,949
  • Highest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 were named Aran (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,279 in 1971, was only 1 in 104,026 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Aran (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s9#3,062 (1969)#3,062
1970s117#2,279 (1971)#3,190
1980s95#3,701 (1984)#4,399
1990s98#3,911 (1994)#5,407
2000s207#3,561 (2008)#4,387
2010s269#3,347 (2019)#3,901
2020s179#3,128 (2025)#3,978

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aran in 2025

boys
#3,128
38 births · 1 in 44,949 boys

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #3,128Aran38
More about 2025

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 44,949 of them was named Aran, which outranked 77.5% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Aran
  1. #3,089Yulian39
  2. #3,089Zaedyn39
  3. #3,089Zyire39
  4. #3,128Aran38
  5. #3,128Anibal38
  6. #3,128Anwar38
  7. #3,128Arda38
  8. #3,181Aahil37
  9. #3,181Akio37
  10. #3,181Ameir37

Tied with 52 names at #3,128; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025 →