first name
ARIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,365 people named Arin, 59.4% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.2% as Black. 54.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Arin peaked in 1997, when 129 babies got the name.
At least 4,854 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Arin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,453. The largest share of babies named Arin, 31.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Arin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arin has been most common in California (4.9×), Texas (2.3×), and Ohio (1.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.61×).
1,214 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Arin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Arin ranks #147,221 of 156,621, with 113 people. See Arin as a last name
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