Arjan Boy
How popular is Arjan?
#1,492 boy name in 2025
118 baby boys were named Arjan in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
Arjan popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,492 for boys (▲ 116 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 118 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+321% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,774 in 2015, #2,805 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (118 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,492 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arjan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arjun family of names ranked #422 for boys in 2025 (#487 the year before), with 741 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arjun | 615 | 83% |
| Arjan | 118 | 16% |
| Arjen | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arjan is most popular
Babies named Arjan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (185 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Arjan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Arjan
Questions
- Is Arjan a boy or girl name?
- Arjan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arjan were boys.
- How popular is the name Arjan?
- 118 baby boys were named Arjan in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
- When was Arjan most popular?
- Arjan peaked in 2025, when 118 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,492 in 2025.
- How many people are named Arjan?
- 1,001 babies have been named Arjan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 994 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Arjan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arjan was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.