How rare is the name Varun?

5,111 people in the United States have the first name Varun, about 1 in 59,094. It ranks #3,851 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VARUN

#3,851

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,111
About
1 in 59,094
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,111 people named Varun, 94.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.9% as White and 1.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Varun peaked in 2004, when 145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
145
In 2025*
15 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,598 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.

Varun by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,031. The largest share of babies named Varun, 63.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#7,409159
1990s#3,817593
2000s#3,0311,146
2010s#5,188566
2020s#9,579134
Millennials 1981–9618.1%
Generation Z 1997–1263.5%
2013 and later18.3%

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 Varun is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Varun has been most common in New Jersey (6.1×), California (3.3×), and Illinois (1.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (1.3×).

1,381 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 Varun

#3,849 Joseline · 5,114#3,850 Aydan · 5,112#3,852 Leighann · 5,110#3,853 Eboni · 5,109

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Varun, most common first.

#33,047 Varon · 252

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