Arun

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arun: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #331 in 2005, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#332
1997	#344
1998	#336
1999	#341
2000	#354
2001	#370
2002	#347
2003	#350
2004	#338
2005	#331
2006	#344
2007	#349
2008	#418
2009	#505
2010	#523
2011	#580
2012	#719
2013	#692
2014	#744
2015	#950
2016	#994
2017	#1068
2018	#1061
2019	#1056
2020	#1379
2021	#1290
2022	#1692
2023	#1461
2024	#1322

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 2003: #350 among boys in England and Wales, #423 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 #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: #331 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arun 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 Arun in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	285	4 of 10	71
2000sbusiest	833	10 of 10	83
2010s	402	10 of 10	40
2020s	89	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 83 births a year.

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

Arun 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: #331 in England and Wales in 2005.

Arun'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#744	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#580	60	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#523	67	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#505	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#418	89	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#349	105	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#344	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#331	96	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#338	89	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#350	78	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#347	73	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#370	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#354	68	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#341	73	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#336	71	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#344	69	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#332	72	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	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 #331, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 105 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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 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.

Beverly · #331, 31y
Haleema · #331, 29y
Mellissa · #331, 31y
Aaran · #330, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emma-Jane · #331, 21y
Haleema · #331, 29y
Jolie · #331, 29y
Katie-Ann · #331, 20y

Arun was ranked #331 in England and Wales · Boys in 2005. 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.

Arun 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 Arun without appearing here.

Arun moved ahead of

Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2325.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1379 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1290 and #1984.
Jon Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1758.

Moved ahead of Arun

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #967.
Derek Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #1179.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #1224.
Eoin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #744 and #916 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #950 and #671.

Moved the opposite way to Arun

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Arun

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arun went from #332 to #1322 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #331 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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