Arjun
Arjun is ranked 581st among boys in 2024 (489 births). Its best rank was 454th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #581up 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4890.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014650 births
- Best rank
- #454in 2014
- Since 1967
- 11,560people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,560 boys have been named Arjun in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 650 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 454 → 581).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Arjun was the 454th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Arjun
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Braxtonpeak 2014
- Aamirpeak 2015
- Viktorpeak 2018
- Cannonpeak 2021
- Cormacpeak 2014
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Korbynpeak 2020
- Yousifpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.