Boys' name · since 1997
Arhum
Arhum has 233 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,057 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,567 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 233
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arhum currently ranks #8567 among boys' names in America, with 233 babies recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Arhum recorded 233 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #8567 nationally today, ahead of 38% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #12,057 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,567 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 233 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arhum ranks #12,057 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,567 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 233 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,057 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,567 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 233
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arhum's 233 recorded births place it above 73.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arhum compares
233 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arhum's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arhum | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 233 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arhum's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arhum's full recorded timeline at 2014, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arhum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Arhum by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Arhum's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Arhum births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arhum's data
- Arhum's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arhum draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.