Arun Boy
How popular is Arun?
#6,799 boy name in 2025
12 baby boys were named Arun in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
Arun popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,799 for boys (▼ 900 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,056 in 2015, #4,271 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (44 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,867 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arun counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aaron family of names ranked #75 for boys in 2025 (#73 the year before), with 4,780 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 4,041 | 85% |
| Aron | 377 | 8% |
| Arin | 73 | 2% |
| Aren | 71 | 1% |
| Ahron | 70 | 1% |
| Aarin | 32 | 1% |
| Aran | 38 | 1% |
| Arron | 12 | 0% |
| Aaren | 9 | 0% |
| Arun | 12 | 0% |
| Ahren | 10 | 0% |
| Aaran | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arun is most popular
Babies named Arun per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 boys)
Arun by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28 | #2,985 |
| 1970s | 177 | #1,867 |
| 1980s | 235 | #1,884 |
| 1990s | 337 | #1,909 |
| 2000s | 342 | #2,368 |
| 2010s | 232 | #3,509 |
| 2020s | 89 | #4,271 |
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Questions
- Is Arun a boy or girl name?
- Arun is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arun were boys.
- How popular is the name Arun?
- 12 baby boys were named Arun in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
- When was Arun most popular?
- Arun peaked in 1995, when 44 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,867 in 1979.
- How many people are named Arun?
- 1,440 babies have been named Arun in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,391 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Arun most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arun was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.