girls:
27 births since 1977
#5689 (0th percentile)
boys:
905 births since 1969
#3684 (20th percentile)
overall:
932 births since 1969
#6807 (12th percentile)
The name Aran is the #6,807 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 932 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,684 (19.6% percentile) for all time with 905 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1977.
Aran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Aran is available in 54 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aran has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Aran reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #893) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aran is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #881 (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million.
For girls, Aran reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #871) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aran".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Aran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.6% confident that Aran is pronounced as AH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ruhn, at 39.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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