Boys' name · since 1927
Vartan
Vartan has 180 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,629 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 180
- born since 1927
- 1990s
- peak decade
180 boys have been named Vartan since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vartan has 180 recorded births among boys since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2019.
- #13,629 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 180 born since 1927
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vartan ranks #13,629 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 180 born since 1927, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,629 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 180
- born since 1927
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vartan's 180 recorded births place it above 70.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Vartan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vartan's full recorded timeline at 1996, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vartan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2019
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Vartan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Vartan's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Vartan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (32% of all-time use).
Vartan by state
Where Vartan concentrates geographically, total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 41.7% |
75 of 180 births nationwide.
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- Vartan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Vartans (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Vartan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~92 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, 1927–2019 (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 Vartan 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.