Varun — #5308 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Varun

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,583 babies named Varun between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Varun currently holds the #5308 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Varun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Varun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 461 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Varun in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Varun 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 2,583 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.