Arslan — #3731 US boys' name
333 babies named Arslan in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Arslan was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Arslan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arslan
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Arslan between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arslan currently holds the #3731 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arslan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arslan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arslan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arslan 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 333 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.
Arslan at a glance
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Current rank
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Arslan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #3731 among boys.
333 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 30 births in a single year.
Arslan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 101 births that decade — 30% of Arslan's all-time total
Arslan decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Arslan's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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 | 10.2% |
34 of 333 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.2% 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, 1987–2024 (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.