first name
ARUN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,629 people named Arun, 91.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.8% as two or more races and 2.5% as White. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Arun peaked in 1995, when 44 babies got the name.
At least 1,440 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.
Arun by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #5,581. The largest share of babies named Arun, 36.7%, 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.
Either side of Arun
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arun, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Arun ranks #17,196 of 156,621, with 1,612 people. See Arun as a last name
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