Arjen

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
2015 · 42 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
398
since 2007

Arjen over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #2,809, 2015boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#6,46913
2023#4,74221
2022#4,70121
2021#5,33817
2020#4,54021
2019#4,48022
2018#4,09425
2017#3,67829
2016#3,59630
2015#2,80942
2014#2,88540
2013#4,62120
2012#4,53321
2011#4,11024
2010#4,09924
2009#9,8647
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
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First appearance
2007

The first year at least five boys were named Arjen! It came in at #9,788, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007–2009, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Arjen is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,557 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 43,142 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedHITexas: #2,331 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,233 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Arjen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,331 · 1 in 35,233
  2. California#2,557 · 1 in 43,142

Best ever in a state: #1,386 in California, 2014.

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See more about Arjen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,441 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #8,910)
  • 4,370 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #8,910)
  • 6,101 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2007
  • Peaked 2015 at #2,809 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 5 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 45,637
  • Highest: 1 in 45,637 boys born in 2015 were named Arjen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 69.6% of all boys named Arjen (277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s20#9,788 (2007)#10,230
2010s277#2,809 (2015)#3,891
2020s101#4,540 (2020)#5,783

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.

Arjen in 2017

boys
#3,678
29 births · 1 in 63,826 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #3,678Arjen29
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 63,826 of them was named Arjen, which outranked 74.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arjen
  1. #3,586Zaylin30
  2. #3,586Zedekiah30
  3. #3,586Zylan30
  4. #3,678Arjen29
  5. #3,678Aaryn29
  6. #3,678Advay29
  7. #3,678An29
  8. #3,781Ajax28
  9. #3,781Aleksey28
  10. #3,781Aloysius28

Tied with 102 names at #3,678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →