# Arun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arun/  
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 | /ɑːˈɹʊn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,440 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,440 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,620, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अरुण (aruṇa).

## 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 | 30 | 3,517 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,547 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,586 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,906 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,076 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,634 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,111 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,752 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,653 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,287 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,137 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,460 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,929 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,842 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 580 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 43 | 744 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,068 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Arun

- Arun Vijay, actor
- Arun Sarma, Assamese writer
- Arun Vishnu, badminton player

## 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.