Arson — #7125 US boys' name
128 babies named Arson in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Arson was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Arson in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arson
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Arson between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arson currently holds the #7125 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arson 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 128 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.
Arson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #7125 among boys.
128 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 15 births in a single year.
Arson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 68 births that decade — 53% of Arson's all-time total
Arson decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arson's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Arson by state
Where Arson concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% 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, 2010–2024 (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.