Arjun
- #490 for boys in 2025, 615 births
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 650 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,176since 1967
Arjun over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Arjun has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #490 | 615 |
| 2024 | #580 | 491 |
| 2023 | #602 | 470 |
| 2022 | #578 | 506 |
| 2021 | #588 | 475 |
| 2020 | #560 | 501 |
| 2019 | #499 | 574 |
| 2018 | #487 | 600 |
| 2017 | #514 | 563 |
| 2016 | #516 | 577 |
| 2015 | #504 | 575 |
| 2014 | #455 | 650 |
| 2013 | #502 | 541 |
| 2012 | #491 | 544 |
| 2011 | #524 | 485 |
| 2010 | #641 | 377 |
| 2009 | #731 | 319 |
| 2008 | #759 | 293 |
| 2007 | #730 | 314 |
| 2006 | #724 | 298 |
| 2005 | #712 | 287 |
| 2004 | #744 | 250 |
| 2003 | #772 | 227 |
| 2002 | #962 | 166 |
| 2001 | #981 | 156 |
| 2000 | #1,128 | 123 |
| 1999 | #1,006 | 139 |
| 1998 | #1,032 | 131 |
| 1997 | #1,212 | 97 |
| 1996 | #1,141 | 104 |
| 1995 | #1,232 | 89 |
| 1994 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,422 | 64 |
| 1990 | #1,395 | 64 |
| 1989 | #1,641 | 48 |
| 1988 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
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| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five boys were named Arjun! It came in at #3,231, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arjun is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#168 · 1 in 505
- Massachusetts#215 · 1 in 965
- Washington#228 · 1 in 937
- New Jersey#251 · 1 in 1,075
- Connecticut#281 · 1 in 1,201
Best ever in a state: #123 in New Jersey, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #168 | 5 | 1 in 505 |
| Massachusetts | #215 | 28 | 1 in 965 |
| Washington | #228 | 35 | 1 in 937 |
| New Jersey | #251 | 37 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Connecticut | #281 | 11 | 1 in 1,201 |
| California | #314 | 116 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Virginia | #351 | 23 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Texas | #358 | 104 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Georgia | #414 | 27 | 1 in 1,860 |
| Michigan | #420 | 20 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Illinois | #485 | 21 | 1 in 2,360 |
| New York | #513 | 31 | 1 in 2,723 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Ohio | #710 | 12 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Florida | #729 | 21 | 1 in 4,549 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 70 spots since 2020 (#560 → #490)
- Biggest jump: 190 spots in 2003
- Biggest drop: 61 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 2014 at #455 (650 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,777
- Highest: 1 in 2,777 boys born in 2025 were named Arjun (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #455 in 2014, was only 1 in 2,955 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.1% of all boys named Arjun (5,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 12 | #3,231 (1967) | #3,818 |
| 1970s | 34 | #3,400 (1978) | #4,034 |
| 1980s | 245 | #1,641 (1989) | #2,426 |
| 1990s | 908 | #1,006 (1999) | #1,250 |
| 2000s | 2,433 | #712 (2005) | #824 |
| 2010s | 5,486 | #455 (2014) | #513 |
| 2020s | 3,058 | #490 (2025) | #566 |
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.
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