Boys' name · since 2003
Arkin
215 babies named Arkin in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,498 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,641 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
215 babies have been named Arkin since 2003, making it today's #4641 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Arkin recorded 215 times among boys since 2003, holding rank #4641 nationally today, ahead of 67% 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 2003 to 2025.
- #12,498 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,641 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 215 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arkin ranks #12,498 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,641 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 215 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,498 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,641 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arkin's 215 recorded births place it above 72.47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arkin compares
215 39th 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
Arkin's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arkin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 215 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arkin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arkin's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arkin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Arkin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Arkin's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Arkin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arkin's data
- Arkin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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, 2003–2025 (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 Arkin 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.