Arkan — #3675 US boys' name
199 babies named Arkan in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Arkan was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Arkan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arkan
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Arkan between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arkan currently holds the #3675 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arkan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arkan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Arkan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arkan 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 199 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.
Arkan at a glance
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Current rank
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Arkan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #3675 among boys.
199 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 31 births in a single year.
Arkan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 123 births that decade — 62% of Arkan's all-time total
Arkan decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Arkan's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Arkan by state
Where Arkan concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 13 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 2.5% |
18 of 199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.5% of nationwide
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- Virginia 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2012–2024 (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.