Arjan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arjan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arjan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #398, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#398highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#613
1998	#585
1999	#697
2000	#651
2001	#544
2002	#611
2003	#615
2004	#773
2005	#653
2006	#574
2007	#631
2008	#728
2009	#724
2010	#660
2011	#537
2012	#640
2013	#655
2014	#566
2015	#543
2016	#621
2017	#574
2018	#619
2019	#694
2020	#821
2021	#605
2022	#688
2023	#519
2024	#398

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #398 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #784 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #398 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #398 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arjan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arjan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	101	4 of 10	25
2000s	377	10 of 10	38
2010s	580	10 of 10	58
2020sbusiest	325	5 of 10	65

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 65 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 27, from 75 to 102.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arjan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in England and Wales in 2024.

Arjan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#398	102	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#519	75	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#688	49	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#605	62	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#694	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#619	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#574	66	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#621	57	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#543	70	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#566	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#640	54	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#537	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#660	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#631	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#574	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#653	40	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#773	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#615	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#697	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#613	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #398, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 102 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allanah · #398, 26y
Daley · #398, 27y
Harriette · #397, 29y
Humza · #399, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Allanah · #398, 26y
Boston · #398, 24y
Cavan · #398, 28y
Daley · #398, 27y

Arjan was ranked #398 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Arjan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arjan without appearing here.

Arjan moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #585 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #697 and #1082.
Jon Compare
In 2009 they stood at #724 and #696 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #660 and #996.
Tony Compare
In 2020 they stood at #821 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #605 and #907.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #784 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #613 and #914.

Moved ahead of Arjan

Lachlan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #613 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #585 and #351.
Arlo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #631 and #651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #728 and #567.
Albie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #611 and #722 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #615 and #490.
Cooper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #574 and #677 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #631 and #509.

Moved the opposite way to Arjan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Arjan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjan went from #784 to #398 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Arjan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Arjan at a glance

Arjan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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