# Varun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/varun/  
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 | “varuna” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,598 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,598 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 387, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa, “Varuna”).

## 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 | 72 | 1,946 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,131 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,161 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,513 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,409 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,773 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,669 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,745 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,045 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,910 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,646 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,554 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,052 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,427 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,111 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.