Arjun Boy
How popular is Arjun?
#490 boy name in 2025
615 baby boys were named Arjun in the US in 2025, making it the 490th most popular boy name.
Arjun popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #490 for boys (▲ 90 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 615 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #504 in 2015, #560 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (650 boys) |
| Highest rank | #455 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arjun 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 Arjun is most popular
Babies named Arjun per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 1.0 per 1,000 (165 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.9 per 1,000 (173 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.6 per 1,000 (87 boys)
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (510 boys)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (85 boys)
Arjun by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #3,230 |
| 1970s | 34 | #3,399 |
| 1980s | 245 | #1,636 |
| 1990s | 908 | #1,004 |
| 2000s | 2,433 | #712 |
| 2010s | 5,486 | #455 |
| 2020s | 3,058 | #490 |
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Questions
- Is Arjun a boy or girl name?
- Arjun is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arjun were boys.
- How popular is the name Arjun?
- 615 baby boys were named Arjun in the US in 2025, making it the 490th most popular boy name.
- When was Arjun most popular?
- Arjun peaked in 2014, when 650 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #455 in 2014.
- How many people are named Arjun?
- 12,176 babies have been named Arjun in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,050 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Arjun most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arjun was most common in Washington, at 1.0 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.