Arjan — #1609 US boys' name
883 babies named Arjan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Arjan was born in this single decade.
106 babies were named Arjan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arjan
The Social Security Administration has registered 883 babies named Arjan between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arjan currently holds the #1609 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 106 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arjan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 337 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arjan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Arjan in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arjan 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 883 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.
Arjan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arjan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2024)
- 106
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #1609 among boys.
883 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 106 births in a single year.
Arjan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 337 births that decade — 38% of Arjan's all-time total
Arjan decade highlights
- Peak decade 337 births
- Runner-up 326 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Arjan's strongest decade
337 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Arjan by state
Where Arjan concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 322 | 36.5% |
| #2 | Washington | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 21 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
322 of 883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 36.5% of nationwide
- Washington 2.7% of nationwide
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 36.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.