Boys' name · since 2016
Arkyn
149 babies named Arkyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Arkyn is the #5829 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 149 recorded since 2016.
Arkyn has 149 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5829 as of the latest data, more common than 58% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #14,779 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,829 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arkyn ranks #14,779 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,829 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arkyn's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arkyn compares
149 32nd 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
Arkyn's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arkyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arkyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arkyn's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arkyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Arkyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (119 births, 80% of the file).
2020s was Arkyn's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Arkyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 119 births (80% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arkyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Arkyn 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.