Recorded 1967–2025 · United States
Arjun was most popular in 2014, when 650 American babies were given the name — ranking #940 that year. In 2025 it ranked #992, with 615 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 12,176 people named Arjun.
Arjun first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1967, which makes it about 58 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 52 of the 59 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 12,176 American births named Arjun between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 12,030 are estimated to be alive today.
615 American babies were named Arjun in 2025, ranking #992 that year.
Arjun is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 511 births a year, against 559 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -9% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Arjun is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 12,176 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 12,030 Americans named Arjun are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 6 and 18. That is a narrow band because Arjun is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org