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.

Arun

#3,858 most common boys' name of all time · #9,395 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among boys
#3,858
Rank overall
#9,395 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,440
Since 2016
176
Peak year
1995 #1,933
Best rank
#1,897 1979
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
198020002020

Arun first appears in 1966. 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 — 12 12 #6,892
2024 — 15 15 #5,967
2023 — 11 11 #7,385
2022 — 17 17 #5,498
2021 — 11 11 #7,200
2020 — 23 23 #4,329
2019 — 21 21 #4,691
2018 — 20 20 #4,801
2017 — 25 25 #4,146
2016 — 21 21 #4,674
2015 — 18 18 #5,128
2014 — 26 26 #3,929
2013 — 29 29 #3,614
2012 — 21 21 #4,581
2011 — 30 30 #3,539
2010 — 21 21 #4,563
2009 — 26 26 #3,957
2008 — 33 33 #3,378
2007 — 44 44 #2,738
2006 — 37 37 #3,001
2005 — 31 31 #3,281
2004 — 32 32 #3,106
2003 — 32 32 #3,010
2002 — 43 43 #2,384
2001 — 31 31 #2,958
2000 — 33 33 #2,762
1999 — 36 36 #2,482
1998 — 44 44 #2,113
1997 — 35 35 #2,369
1996 — 24 24 #3,064
1995 — 44 44 #1,933
1994 — 25 25 #2,905
1993 — 34 34 #2,279
1992 — 26 26 #2,716
1991 — 34 34 #2,176
1990 — 35 35 #2,113
1989 — 29 29 #2,339
1988 — 22 22 #2,652
1987 — 24 24 #2,378
1986 — 27 27 #2,152
1985 — 24 24 #2,268
1984 — 29 29 #1,926
1983 — 20 20 #2,476
1982 — 18 18 #2,675
1981 — 21 21 #2,395
1980 — 21 21 #2,424
1979 — 29 29 #1,897
1978 — 24 24 #2,062
1977 — 18 18 #2,538
1976 — 22 22 #2,170
1975 — 9 9 #3,847
1974 — 15 15 #2,649
1973 — 19 19 #2,204
1972 — 17 17 #2,314
1971 — 15 15 #2,553
1970 — 9 9 #3,484
1969 — 9 9 #3,295
1968 — 6 6 #4,080
1967 — 5 5 #4,477
1966 — 8 8 #3,245