Arjan

What Arjan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Arjan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,775 in 2015, #1,492 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Arjan?

US: Rising: up from #3775 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #543 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 118 boys got the name (#1492 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 14,475 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,266 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CA (0.3 per 1,000 boys), IN (0.22 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Arjan is #1492 in the US and #351 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Arjan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Arjun615 US · 136 E&W
• Arjen8 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Arjan

Boys

• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*
• Shepherd#246From the word “shepherd”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025

For a sister

• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Arjan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.