How rare is the name Arjun?

11,098 people in the United States have the first name Arjun, about 1 in 27,215. It ranks #2,312 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARJUN

#2,312

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,098
About
1 in 27,215
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,098 people named Arjun, 91.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.5% as two or more races and 2.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arjun peaked in 2014, when 650 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
650
In 2025*
615 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,176 babies have been given the name since 1967. 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.

Arjun by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,073. The largest share of babies named Arjun, 58.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#14,07234
1980s#5,564245
1990s#2,852908
2000s#1,7782,433
2010s#1,0735,486
2020s#1,1503,058
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–966.3%
Generation Z 1997–1234.5%
2013 and later58.6%

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 Arjun is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arjun has been most common in New Jersey (3.7×), Washington (2.5×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.23×).

10,643 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 Arjun

#2,310 Paulo · 11,111#2,311 Janel · 11,109#2,313 Krystle · 11,089#2,314 Bryon · 11,087

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arjun, most common first.

#12,874 Arjan · 952#25,086 Arjuna · 380#50,640 Arjune · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Arjun ranks #66,171 of 156,621, with 323 people. See Arjun as a last name

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