Boys' name · since 1987
Arslan
Arslan has 356 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 356
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
356 babies have been named Arslan since 1987, making it today's #4473 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arslan has been recorded 356 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #4473 nationally and more common than 68% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,654 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,473 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 356 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arslan ranks #9,654 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,473 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 356 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 356
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arslan's 356 recorded births place it above 78.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Arslan compares
356 49th 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
Arslan's all-time total is 4% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arslan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 356 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arslan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arslan's full recorded timeline at 2009, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arslan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Arslan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (124 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Arslan's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Arslan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 124 births (35% of all-time use).
Arslan by state
Where Arslan concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 9.6% |
34 of 356 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Arslans (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arslan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Arslan 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.