Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aran

#4,803 most common boys' name of all time · #11,852 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#4,803
Rank overall
#11,852 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,001
Since 2016
293
Peak year
2025 #3,148
Best rank
#2,363 1971
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
198020002020

Aran first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 38 38 #3,148
2024 — 31 31 #3,643
2023 — 35 35 #3,373
2022 — 36 36 #3,306
2021 — 12 12 #6,798
2020 — 27 27 #3,843
2019 — 34 34 #3,379
2018 — 27 27 #3,930
2017 — 31 31 #3,537
2016 — 22 22 #4,518
2015 — 22 22 #4,457
2014 — 30 30 #3,562
2013 — 22 22 #4,359
2012 — 32 32 #3,399
2011 — 27 27 #3,828
2010 — 22 22 #4,417
2009 — 24 24 #4,206
2008 — 30 30 #3,594
2007 — 23 23 #4,293
2006 — 25 25 #3,933
2005 — 20 20 #4,372
2004 — 23 23 #3,915
2003 — 20 20 #4,179
2002 — 16 16 #4,772
2001 — 10 10 #6,614
2000 — 16 16 #4,650
1999 — 14 14 #4,876
1998 8 11 19 #5,614
1997 — 11 11 #5,426
1996 — 9 9 #6,168
1995 — 7 7 #7,269
1994 — 16 16 #3,988
1993 — 10 10 #5,550
1992 — 7 7 #6,938
1991 — 13 13 #4,350
1989 — 9 9 #5,374
1988 — 12 12 #4,044
1987 — 5 5 #7,446
1986 — 10 10 #4,324
1985 — 10 10 #4,213
1984 — 11 11 #3,841
1983 5 9 14 #4,377
1982 — 9 9 #4,458
1981 — 10 10 #4,054
1980 — 10 10 #4,029
1979 — 9 9 #4,282
1978 7 15 22 #2,901
1977 7 15 22 #2,882
1976 — 11 11 #3,425
1975 — 13 13 #3,039
1974 — 9 9 #3,785
1973 — 12 12 #2,998
1972 — 10 10 #3,311
1971 — 17 17 #2,363
1970 — 6 6 #4,632
1969 — 9 9 #3,308