# Arjan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arjan/  
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 | 1,001 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,503, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,369 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,719 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,329 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,240 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,786 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,781 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,677 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,110 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,105 |
| 2020 | 43 | 2,806 |
| 2021 | 53 | 2,502 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,118 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,190 |
| 2024 | 106 | 1,609 |
| 2025 | 118 | 1,492 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 537 |
| 2012 | 54 | 640 |
| 2013 | 51 | 655 |
| 2014 | 63 | 566 |
| 2015 | 70 | 543 |
| 2016 | 57 | 621 |
| 2017 | 66 | 574 |
| 2018 | 58 | 619 |
| 2019 | 48 | 694 |
| 2020 | 37 | 821 |
| 2021 | 62 | 605 |
| 2022 | 49 | 688 |
| 2023 | 75 | 519 |
| 2024 | 102 | 398 |
| 2025 | 120 | 351 |

## People named Arjan

- Arjan Malić, Bosnian association football player
- Arjan Beqaj, Albanian footballer
- Arjan Stroetinga, Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist
- Arjan de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
- Arjan Swinkels, Dutch footballer
- Arjan Bellaj, Albanian footballer (born 1971)
- Arjan Dodaj, Albanian Roman Catholic archbishop
- Arjan Xhumba, Albanian association football player
- Arjan van Dijk, Dutch professional footballer
- Arjan Jagt, Dutch cyclist

## 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.