Unisex name · since 1970
Arrin
95 babies named Arrin in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 95
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arrin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 95 have been recorded since 1970.
Arrin has 95 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2010.
- #17,738 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 95 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arrin ranks #17,738 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 95
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arrin's 95 recorded births place it above 60.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arrin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arrin's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arrin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2010
- Peak year (1993)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Arrin popularity over time - girls
69 total births recorded since 1977 (Arrin as girls' name)
Arrin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Arrin's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Arrin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Arrin's data
- Arrin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Arrin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1970–2010 (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 Arrin 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.