Arnas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arnas: Recorded since 2002, it reached #328 in 2008, and it stood at #770 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#328highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#2741
2008	#1828
2009	#1568
2010	#1344
2011	#976
2012	#1756
2013	#1706
2014	#1721
2015	#1786
2016	#1903
2017	#1470
2018	#1991
2019	#2488
2020	#2228
2021	#4789
2023	#4991

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 Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 22 years from 2002 to 2023.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4991 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2023
Highest recorded position: #328 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2002–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Arnas appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 20 ranked years and 210 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2002.

Arnas across 3 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.

Arnas'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#328 (2008)	#770 (2023)	12 of 22	71 (2002–2023)	12 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2857 (2003)	#976 (2011)	#4991 (2023)	20 of 21	210 (2003–2023)	28 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#346 (2012)	#415 (2015)	3 of 6	10 (2010–2015)	4 (2012)

Arnas 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 Arnas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	49	7 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Arnas 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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #328 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Arnas'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2002 and 2023, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #328, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 8 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.

Arn · #229, 20y
Arna · #154, 34y
Arnav · #542, 26y
Arne · #5, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aayan · #328, 21y
Andris · #328, 25y
Armandas · #328, 19y
Makenzie · #329, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aayan · #328, 21y
Armandas · #328, 19y
Avah · #328, 18y
Isla-Grace · #328, 17y

Arnas was ranked #328 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Arnas 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 Arnas without appearing here.

Arnas moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #3687.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #3687.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #4333.
Morten Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Arnas

Espen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Isak Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2228 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #4107.
Daithi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3990.

Moved the opposite way to Arnas

Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 while Alfie went from #451 to #45.
Blake Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 while Blake went from #249 to #113.
Charlie Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 while Charlie went from #93 to #12.
Finn Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 while Finn went from #88 to #11.

Moved the same way as Arnas

Adrian Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 and Adrian from #146 to #268.
Daithi Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 and Daithi from #267 to #472.
David Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 and David from #9 to #47.
Denis Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Arnas went from #451 to #770 and Denis from #95 to #224.

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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #328 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Arnas

Arnas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arnas across 3 official records

Arnas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arnas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Arnas

Arnas and the names beside it

Arnas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arnas

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Arnas at a glance

Arnas across 3 official records

Arnas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arnas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Arnas

Arnas and the names beside it

Arnas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arnas

Moved the opposite way to Arnas

Moved the same way as Arnas