boys:
777 births since 1990
#3810 (17th percentile)
overall:
777 births since 1990
#6962 (10th percentile)
The name Arjan is the #6,962 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 777 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,810 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 777 births since 1990.
Arjan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for boys in 1990). Birth data for Arjan is available in 31 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Arjan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #859) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arjan ranks #851 for boys (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 95.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arjan".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Arjan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Arjan is pronounced as AHR-juhn, which has 2 syllables.
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