Recorded 1927–2019 Boys' name Peak 1988 180 births

Vartan — boys' name

180 babies named Vartan in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s51940s61960s51980s351990s582000s362010s35
1990s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Vartan was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

10 babies were named Vartan in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vartan

The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Vartan between 1927 and 2019, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vartan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vartan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vartan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vartan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vartan 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 180 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.

Vartan at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

180

Since 1927

93 years of records

Peak year

1988

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1927

Recorded for 93 years

Last year on file: 2019

Vartan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1927

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1988)
10
Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
4681012 20192011200419971993198819821927 5

Vartan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
58 births that decade — 32% of Vartan's all-time total
1920s51940s61960s51980s351990s582000s362010s35

Vartan by state

Where Vartan concentrates geographically — total births since 1927

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Vartan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
75 41.7%
California share of Vartan's total US births 41.7%

75 of 180 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vartan?
180 babies have been named Vartan since 1927. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1988 with 10 births.
When was Vartan most popular?
Vartan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Vartan most popular?
The top states for the name Vartan are California (75 births).
How long has the name Vartan been used?
Vartan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1927, spanning 93 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Vartan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Varun, Varian, Varick, Vardaan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1927–2019 (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.