# Arjun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arjun/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːɹ.d͡ʒʊn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,176 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,176 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,997, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अर्जुन (arjun).

## 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 | 485 | 524 |
| 2012 | 544 | 491 |
| 2013 | 541 | 502 |
| 2014 | 650 | 455 |
| 2015 | 575 | 504 |
| 2016 | 577 | 516 |
| 2017 | 563 | 514 |
| 2018 | 600 | 487 |
| 2019 | 574 | 499 |
| 2020 | 501 | 560 |
| 2021 | 475 | 588 |
| 2022 | 506 | 578 |
| 2023 | 470 | 602 |
| 2024 | 491 | 580 |
| 2025 | 615 | 490 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 166 | 271 |
| 2012 | 186 | 258 |
| 2013 | 187 | 259 |
| 2014 | 197 | 255 |
| 2015 | 158 | 295 |
| 2016 | 193 | 272 |
| 2017 | 165 | 303 |
| 2018 | 175 | 286 |
| 2019 | 149 | 317 |
| 2020 | 103 | 400 |
| 2021 | 137 | 332 |
| 2022 | 123 | 346 |
| 2023 | 92 | 424 |
| 2024 | 118 | 367 |
| 2025 | 136 | 325 |

## 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.