Arwyn — #3654 US unisex name
625 babies named Arwyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Arwyn was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Arwyn in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arwyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 625 babies named Arwyn between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arwyn currently holds the #3654 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 42 babies received it in a single year. Arwyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arwyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arwyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arwyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arwyn 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 625 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.
Arwyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arwyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2024)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #3654 among girls.
625 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 42 births in a single year.
Arwyn popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 2017 (Arwyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Arwyn accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arwyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 258 births that decade — 41% of Arwyn's all-time total
Arwyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 258 births
- Runner-up 177 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arwyn's strongest decade
258 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Arwyn by state
Where Arwyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.7% |
17 of 625 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% 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, 1978–2024 (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.