How many Arrans are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Arran are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How do you spell Arran?

Arran is one of 3 recorded spellings. Aran is the more common one — 38 births in 2025 against 5 for Arran.

How popular is the name Arran in 2025?

Arran ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Arran?

About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Arran — 5 in all.

Will my child share the name Arran with classmates?

Arran will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Arran

Masculine

#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rareCharts in 1 more country5 boys in 2025

Arran entered the US charts in 1973, peaked at #4054 in 1973, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Arran?

Arran first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Arran alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 300 people named Arran are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Arran most popular?

Arran peaked in 1973, reaching #4054 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 7,954 places below that high. See the whole 1973 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1973
Most boys named: 200815 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #4054reached in 1973
Change vs 2023: −16.7%5 in 2025, from 6

Arran sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2008, with 15 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Arran in other languages

Scotland · 75 babies, 2025#60

International figures from National Records of Scotland. Sources

Arrans among us

300

people named Arran are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Arran

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Arran

#12008
Arran on the 2025 chart: #880
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Arran went to 5 boys in 2025, but Aran and Aaran are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 48, which makes it the 880th most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,128 places above the chart.

Aran38
Aaran5
Arran5

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Arran itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

Fashion outlook

Arran sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

40%chance Arran will feel dated by 2040

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Arran beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Arran in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Arranthis name5#12008Garfield5#12008Chas5#12008Lew5#12008Barney5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Arrans are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Arran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Arran?: Arran is one of 3 recorded spellings. Aran is the more common one — 38 births in 2025 against 5 for Arran.
How popular is the name Arran in 2025?: Arran ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Arran?: About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Arran — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Arran with classmates?: Arran will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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