girls:
2.5k births since 1969
#3434 (40th percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1961
#2730 (40th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1961
#3999 (48th percentile)
The name Arin is the #3,999 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,664 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 48.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,434 (39.9% percentile) for all time with 2,542 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #2,730 (40.4% percentile) for all time with 2,122 births since 1961.
Arin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Arin is available in 59 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 55 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 Arin is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 76.9% of babies named Arin were boys.
For girls, Arin reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #783) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 45 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Arin ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 30.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arin reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #844) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arin ranks #836 for boys (8.2% percentile) with 44 births per million, which is 90.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arin".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.2% confident that Arin is pronounced as EH-rihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-rihn, at 41.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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