Boys' name · since 1973
Arran
284 babies named Arran in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Arran currently ranks #12350 among boys' names in America, with 284 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arran has been recorded 284 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #12350 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #10,898 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,350 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 284 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arran ranks #10,898 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,350 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 284 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Arran's 284 recorded births place it above 75.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arran compares
284 44th 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
Arran's all-time total is 23% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 284 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arran's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Arran by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Arran's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Arran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arran's data
- Arran's decade-level peak was the 2000s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 23 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Arran 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.