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Aarron vs Arran

Aarron and Arrancompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • Republic of Ireland · Boys

    In 2007, Aarron was ranked #629 and Arran #473 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2016, Aarron was ranked #3478 and Arran #928 among boys in England and Wales.

Aarron and Arran over time

Aarron and Arran appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Arran held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aarron in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Arran reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Aarron in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Aarron #585 in 1998, Arran #207 in 1997.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Boys18 shared years, 19962016

    Aarron held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Arran in 18.

    Highest recorded here: Aarron #585 in 1998, Arran #207 in 1997.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2016: Aarron #3478, Arran #928.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Aarron, Arran
FieldAarronArran
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IEGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE
Most recent popularity observationEngland and Wales · Boys #3478 (2016)Scotland · Boys #51 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Aarron and Arran both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Aarron

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1990

    First recorded at #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1990–2007

    Highest recorded position: #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1990–2007).

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  3. Most recent2016

    Most recently recorded at #3478 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016.

    England and Wales · Boys

Arran

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1979

    First recorded at #292 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  2. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #1025 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Boys