Boys' name · since 1990
Arjan
1,001 babies named Arjan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,496 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,001
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,001 babies have been named Arjan since 1990, making it today's #1496 boys' name.
Arjan has 1,001 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1496 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #5,137 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,496 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,001 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arjan ranks #5,137 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,496 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,001 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,496 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,001
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arjan's 1,001 recorded births place it above 88.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Arjan compares
1,001 Top 32% higher than 68% of 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
Arjan's all-time total is 171% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arjan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,001 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 118 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arjan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arjan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 118, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arjan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 118
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Arjan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (455 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Arjan's strongest decade.
455 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Arjan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 52
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 168
2000s
168 births
- 2010s
2010s
326 births
- 2020s
2020s
455 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 455 births (45% of all-time use).
How Arjan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Arjan's total volume
Arjan by state
Where Arjan concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 374 | 37.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Washington | | 24 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
374 of 1,001 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Arjan's data
- California records the most Arjans (374 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arjan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Arjan 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.