boys' name ★ peaked 2014

Arjun

Gender Boy Rank 2025 #490 Trend → Stable

Arjun is an Indian male given name, which means lustrous, shiny white, color of the lightning; of the milk; of silver; made of silver.

Rank 2025
#490
among boys · ↑90 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
615
named Arjun · +25% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,777
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2014
650 babies
All-time total
12,176
#1,077 all-time among boys
First recorded
1967
in Social Security records

Arjun popularity over time

12,176 babies have been named Arjun since 1967, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Boys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Boys Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 12 1 – #3,250
1970s 34 3 +183% #3,409
1980s 245 25 +621% #1,643
1990s 908 91 +271% #1,006
2000s 2,433 243 +168% #712
2010s 5,486 549 +125% #455
2020s (to 2025) 3,058 510 -7% #490

Where Arjun is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 615 0.36 #490
2027 614 0.36 #491
2028 614 0.36 #491
2029 614 0.36 #491
2030 613 0.36 #493

Where Arjun is most popular

Boys named Arjun per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.296 per 1,000. Strongest in Washington, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Arjun born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Washington 165 1.01 +241%
New Jersey 173 0.859 +190%
Massachusetts 87 0.633 +114%
California 510 0.558 +88%
Virginia 85 0.448 +51%
Georgia 105 0.414 +40%
Texas 354 0.402 +36%
Illinois 100 0.391 +32%
Maryland 46 0.386 +30%
North Carolina 94 0.368 +24%
Michigan 74 0.361 +22%
District of Columbia 5 0.339 +14%
Connecticut 22 0.325 +10%
Pennsylvania 86 0.324 +9%
Oregon 24 0.316 +7%
Minnesota 38 0.310 +5%
New York 113 0.261 -12%
Arizona 41 0.251 -15%
New Hampshire 5 0.225 -24%
Ohio 59 0.223 -25%
Florida 83 0.175 -41%
Indiana 25 0.156 -47%
Colorado 20 0.155 -48%
Kansas 10 0.146 -51%
Tennessee 26 0.144 -51%
Missouri 16 0.115 -61%
Wisconsin 10 0.084 -71%
Kentucky 7 0.070 -76%
Utah 6 0.063 -79%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Arjun

Arjun is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #490 in 2025 with 615 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1967, 12,176 American babies have been named Arjun. Its peak came in 2014, when 650 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Arjun stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Arjun?

The median living Arjun is about 11 years old; half are between 5 and 17. An estimated 12 thousand people named Arjun are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Arjun year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Boys Boys rank
2025 615 #490
2024 491 #580
2023 470 #602
2022 506 #578
2021 475 #588
2020 501 #560
2019 574 #499
2018 600 #487
2017 563 #514
2016 577 #516
2015 575 #504
2014 650 #455
2013 541 #502
2012 544 #491
2011 485 #524
2010 377 #641
2009 319 #731
2008 293 #759
2007 314 #730
2006 298 #724
2005 287 #712
2004 250 #744
2003 227 #772
2002 166 #962
2001 156 #981
2000 123 #1,128
1995 89 #1,232
1990 64 #1,395
1985 25 #2,173
1980 13 #3,270
1975 – –
1970 6 #4,254
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Arjun

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal Indian film actor and model (born 1972) Contemporary
  2. 2 Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor Indian actor (born 1985) Contemporary
  3. 3 Arjun Appadurai Arjun Appadurai Indian-American anthropologist (born 1949) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Arjun, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Arjun?

The median living Arjun is about 11 years old. Half of all living Arjuns are between 5 and 17 years old.

How many people named Arjun are alive today?

An estimated 12 thousand people named Arjun are alive in the United States, based on 12,176 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Arjun mean?

Arjun is an Indian male given name, which means lustrous, shiny white, color of the lightning; of the milk; of silver; made of silver.

How popular is the name Arjun in 2025?

Arjun ranked #490 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 615 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Arjun?

12,176 babies have been named Arjun in the United States since 1967, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Arjun most popular?

Arjun peaked in 2014, when 650 newborns received the name.

Is Arjun a boy or girl name?

Arjun is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Arjun rising or falling?

Arjun has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Arjun become more popular?

Arjun looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 613 boys named Arjun in 2030, ranking around #493. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Arjun?

Well-known people named Arjun include Arjun Rampal (actor), Arjun Kapoor (actor), Arjun Appadurai (anthropologist).

Names like Arjun

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