Boys' name · since 1980
Arpan
253 babies named Arpan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 253
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arpan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 253 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Arpan recorded 253 times among boys since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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 1980 to 2022.
- #11,580 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 253 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arpan ranks #11,580 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 253 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 253
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arpan's 253 recorded births place it above 74.47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arpan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arpan splits its recorded history at 2005: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arpan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2022
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Arpan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Arpan as girls' name)
Arpan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (88 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Arpan's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Arpan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 88 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Arpan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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, 1980–2022 (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 Arpan 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.