Boys' name · since 1990
Arjay
Arjay has 334 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,009 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,490 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arjay currently ranks #5490 among boys' names in America, with 334 babies recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Arjay recorded 334 times among boys since 1990, holding rank #5490 nationally today, ahead of 61% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #10,009 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,490 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 334 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arjay ranks #10,009 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,490 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 334 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,009 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,490 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arjay's 334 recorded births place it above 77.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Arjay compares
334 48th 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
Arjay's all-time total is 9% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arjay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 334 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arjay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arjay's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arjay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Arjay by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Arjay's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Arjay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (33% of all-time use).
Arjay by state
Where Arjay concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 6.9% |
23 of 334 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arjay's data
- Arjay's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Arjays (23 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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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 Arjay 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.