# Arsen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arsen/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 642 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 642 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 40, 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 | 22 | 4,371 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,701 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,814 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,146 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,156 |
| 2016 | 34 | 3,299 |
| 2017 | 31 | 3,523 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,000 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,008 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,324 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,503 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,624 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,299 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,109 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,248 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Arsen

- Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter, composer and poet (1938–2015)
- Arsen Julfalakyan, Armenian wrestler
- Arsen Avetisyan, Armenian footballer (born 1973)
- Arsen Harutyunyan, Armenian wrestler (born 1999)
- Arsen Beglaryan, Armenian footballer
- Arsen Sargsyan, Armenian long jumper
- Arsen Kasabiev, Georgian-Polish weightlifter of Ossetian origin
- Arsen Yegiazarian, Armenian chess player (1970–2020)
- Arsen Balabekyan, Armenian footballer
- Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer (1965-2013)
- Arsen Petrosyan, Armenian footballer (born 1991)
- Arsen Bagdasaryan, footballer

## 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.