Varun
#5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 145 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,598since 1981
Varun over time
Rank among boys' names. Varun has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #3,811 | 27 |
| 2019 | #2,993 | 40 |
| 2018 | #2,708 | 45 |
| 2017 | #2,637 | 47 |
| 2016 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 2014 | #2,492 | 50 |
| 2013 | #2,139 | 62 |
| 2012 | #2,104 | 64 |
| 2011 | #1,927 | 72 |
| 2010 | #1,725 | 88 |
| 2009 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #1,571 | 101 |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 95 |
| 2006 | #1,379 | 116 |
| 2005 | #1,149 | 140 |
| 2004 | #1,090 | 145 |
| 2003 | #1,210 | 121 |
| 2002 | #1,154 | 123 |
| 2001 | #1,316 | 99 |
| 2000 | #1,196 | 113 |
| 1999 | #1,194 | 107 |
| 1998 | #1,271 | 95 |
| 1997 | #1,386 | 79 |
| 1996 | #1,500 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,603 | 57 |
| 1994 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Varun! It came in at #6,262, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Varun is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#818 · 1 in 6,596
- Virginia#969 · 1 in 8,432
- California#1,108 · 1 in 13,452
- New York#1,432 · 1 in 15,387
- Texas#2,020 · 1 in 31,076
Best ever in a state: #277 in New Jersey, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #818 | 11 | 1 in 6,596 |
| Virginia | #969 | 5 | 1 in 8,432 |
| California | #1,108 | 18 | 1 in 13,452 |
| New York | #1,432 | 7 | 1 in 15,387 |
| Texas | #2,020 | 6 | 1 in 31,076 |
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See more about Varun
- 620 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,861)
- 2,050 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #5,861)
- 3,475 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #5,861)
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2004 at #1,090 (145 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,690 boys born in 2004 were named Varun (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 44.1% of all boys named Varun (1,146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 159 | #2,197 (1988) | #3,193 |
| 1990s | 593 | #1,194 (1999) | #1,734 |
| 2000s | 1,146 | #1,090 (2004) | #1,337 |
| 2010s | 566 | #1,725 (2010) | #2,384 |
| 2020s | 134 | #3,582 (2021) | #4,637 |
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.
Varun in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 21,329 of them was named Varun, which outranked 88.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,665Sky94
- #1,665Veer94
- #1,665Xzavion94
- #1,688Varun93
- #1,688Adair93
- #1,688Caelan93
- #1,688Creed93
- #1,698Abdirahman92
- #1,698Akhil92
- #1,698Ansh92
Tied with 9 names at #1,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.