Arben — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arben

The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Arben between 1978 and 2021, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arben currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arben performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arben shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arben in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arben in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 275 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.