Boys' name · since 2011

Arihan

Arihan has 42 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#23,301 of 45,481
all-time among boys
42
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

Arihan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 42 have been recorded since 2011.

Arihan has 42 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2020.

  • #23,301 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 42 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arihan ranks #23,301 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,301 of 45,481
all-time among boys
42
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Arihan's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Arihan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Arihan's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Arihan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2020

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2019)
8
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
456789 2011201220142015201820192020 6

Arihan by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 86% of the file).

2010s was Arihan's strongest decade.

36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.

Arihan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (86% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arihan? ▼
Since 2011, Social Security records show 42 babies named Arihan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,301 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2020. Its busiest year on record was 2019, with 8 births.
Where does Arihan sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arihan ranks #23,301 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Arihan most popular? ▼
Arihan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Arihan been used? ▼
Records for Arihan go back to 2011, giving 10 years of history through 2020.
What names are similar to Arihan? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ariel, Ari, Aric, Arian, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Arihan's data

  • Arihan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Arihan

Nearby Names Like Arihan

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Arihan

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Aric Boy
#4282 7,626 births
Arian Boy
#967 6,712 births
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#661 4,755 births

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Raeburn
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Bartolomeo
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Alley
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Rudyard
42 births · Peak 1914

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arihan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2020 (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 Arihan 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.