Arjun

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arjun: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #240 in 2004, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#240highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#332
1997	#307
1998	#274
1999	#322
2000	#318
2001	#273
2002	#278
2003	#300
2004	#240
2005	#255
2006	#247
2007	#272
2008	#298
2009	#289
2010	#322
2011	#271
2012	#258
2013	#259
2014	#255
2015	#295
2016	#272
2017	#303
2018	#286
2019	#317
2020	#400
2021	#332
2022	#346
2023	#424
2024	#367

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

In 2024: #367 among boys in England and Wales, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #478 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #332 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: #240 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Arjun appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,861 births with the name.

Arjun across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Arjun's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#332 (1996)	#240 (2004)	#367 (2024)	29 of 29	3,861 (1996–2024)	197 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#414 (2021)	#509 (2025)	12 of 17	56 (2009–2025)	8 (2021)

Arjun 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 Arjun in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	336	4 of 10	84
2000s	1,240	10 of 10	124
2010sbusiest	1,712	10 of 10	171
2020s	573	5 of 10	115

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 171 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births fell by 46, from 149 to 103.

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

Arjun 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in England and Wales in 2004.

Arjun'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	#367	118	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#424	92	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#346	123	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#332	137	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#400	103	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#317	149	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#286	175	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#303	165	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#272	193	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#295	158	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#255	197	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#259	187	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#258	186	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#271	166	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#322	136	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#289	150	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#298	138	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#272	148	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#247	154	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#255	134	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#240	136	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#300	95	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#278	100	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#273	101	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#318	84	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#322	82	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#274	99	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#307	83	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#332	72	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #240, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 197 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Amirah · #240, 30y
Isra · #240, 30y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Kenan · #242, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amirah · #240, 30y
Frazer · #240, 29y
Isra · #240, 30y
John-Paul · #240, 29y

Arjun was ranked #240 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Arjun 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 Arjun without appearing here.

Arjun moved ahead of

Kasper Compare
In 2020 they stood at #764 and #646 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #414 and #755.
Kenneth Compare
In 2020 they stood at #764 and #646 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #414 and #755.
Markus Compare
In 2020 they stood at #764 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #414 and #755.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #430 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #829.

Moved ahead of Arjun

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #307 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #274 and #182.
Harris Compare
In 2022 they stood at #346 and #385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #424 and #336.
Beau Compare
In 2007 they stood at #272 and #280 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #298 and #217.
Jackson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #274 and #304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #322 and #244.

Moved the opposite way to Arjun

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arjun went from #247 to #367 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arjun

Arjun at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arjun across 2 official records

Arjun by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arjun appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Arjun

Arjun and the names beside it

Arjun moved ahead of

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Arjun at a glance

Arjun across 2 official records

Arjun by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arjun appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Arjun

Arjun and the names beside it

Arjun moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arjun

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