# Aran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,001 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 974 / 27 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,148, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 7 | 7,606 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7,692 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,374 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,216 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,799 |
| 2012 | 32 | 3,379 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,327 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,537 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,413 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,486 |
| 2017 | 31 | 3,522 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,898 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,351 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,818 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,732 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,282 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,351 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,609 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,130 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 53 | 637 |
| 2014 | 54 | 632 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 48 | 712 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 44 | 749 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.