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Arjun

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~12,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#490 among boys
Births in 2025
615 12,176 since 1880
Typical age
11 years, median

Arjun popularity over time

Arjun rank by birth year, 1967–2025Arjun ranked #3,231 in 1967 and #490 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #455, in 2014.#1,000#490197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1967–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2014 is the peak year for Arjun, with 650 births. 1967 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It reaches the top 1,000 in 25 years of the record.

The 2025 position is #490, on 615 births. Year on year the rank improved by 90.

Babies named Arjun per yearPeaks at 650 births in 2014.650 in 20140197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Arjun?

An estimated 12,000 living Americans are called Arjun. SSA has recorded 12,176 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Arjun?

Half of living Arjuns are older than 11, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Arjun a current name.

Your Arjun

Ages of living people named ArjunHalf of living Arjuns are older than 11 and half younger.median 1102040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Arjun is most common

The name is concentrated in New Jersey, at 3.6× the national rate. Washington, Massachusetts and Virginia follow.

Where Arjun is used more than average5 states use the name Arjun more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.9× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 2.0× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 2.2× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Arjun is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 432 3.6×
Washington 285 2.9×
Massachusetts 179 2.2×
Virginia 226 2.0×
California 1,102 1.9×

Arjun in England and Wales

ONS recorded 136 births named Arjun in 2025, ranking it #325. That is 32% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Arjun comes from

Borrowed from Hindi अर्जुन.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Arjun

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Arjun Rampal Indian film actor, producer, model and television host 1972 40
Arjun Kapoor Indian actor 1985 34
Arjun Appadurai social-cultural anthropologist 1949 24
Arjun Sarja Indian actor, producer and director 1962 19
Arjun Bijlani Indian television actor 1982 17
Arjun Munda Indian politician 1968 13
Arjun Maini Indian racing driver 1997 13
Arjun Mathur Indian actor 1981 12
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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