Arzu — #8561 US girls' name
163 babies named Arzu in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Arzu was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Arzu in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arzu
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Arzu between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arzu currently holds the #8561 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arzu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arzu shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arzu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arzu 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 163 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.
Arzu at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arzu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #8561 among girls.
163 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 15 births in a single year.
Arzu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 66 births that decade — 40% of Arzu's all-time total
Arzu decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arzu's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Arzu by state
Where Arzu concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.1% |
10 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% 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, 1980–2024 (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.