Arsh — #3184 US boys' name
721 babies named Arsh in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Arsh was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Arsh in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arsh
The Social Security Administration has registered 721 babies named Arsh between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arsh currently holds the #3184 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arsh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arsh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 137 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Arsh in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arsh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 721 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arsh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arsh popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2010)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #3184 among boys.
721 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 43 births in a single year.
Arsh popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Arsh as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Arsh accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arsh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 322 births that decade — 45% of Arsh's all-time total
Arsh decade highlights
- Peak decade 322 births
- Runner-up 202 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arsh's strongest decade
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Arsh by state
Where Arsh concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 137 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 45 | 6.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 40 | 5.5% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 19 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
137 of 721 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.0% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.