Arsalan
Masculine · “lion”
Arsalan is a lion in Turkic — arslan — and Alp Arslan, the Heroic Lion, broke the Byzantine army at Manzikert in 1071.
How old is the name Arsalan?
Arsalan first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Arsalan is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Arsalan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arsalan most popular?
Arsalan peaked in 2023, reaching #2032 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 252 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From arslan to Arsalan
The story of Arsalan
Alp Arslan defeated and captured the Byzantine emperor at Manzikert in 1071, opening Anatolia to Turkish settlement and setting in motion the events that ended in 1453. Arslan is a common Turkish surname; Arsalan is the Persian and Urdu form. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
lion
From the Turkic arslan, 'lion', borrowed into Persian and Urdu as arsalan. The word is ordinary Turkic and the reading undisputed. Alp Arslan's name means 'heroic lion'. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- arslan
- Arsalan
Related forms: Arslan · Arsalan · ارسلان
Pronouncing Arsalan
AR-suh-lahn
Three syllables, stress on the first. Turkish Arslan has two.
Nicknames for Arsalan
Moderate
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
- 1985
- Most boys named
- 202374 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2032reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −7.6%61 in 2025, from 66
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.
Arsalan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arslan in Turkish — related form
- Arsalan in Urdu — same name
- ارسلان in Persian — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Virginia.
Arsalans among us
people named Arsalan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Arsalan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kennan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arsalan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kennan climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kennan's path sketches the road Arsalan is walking now.
Arsalan 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.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Arsalan is headed
Arsalan looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 54% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Arsalan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arsalan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lion meaning is concrete and undisputed.
- Manzikert is a first-rate historical anchor.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Arslan and Arsalan differ by a syllable across languages.
- It reads as specifically Turkic or South Asian.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arsalans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Arsalan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arsalan in 2025?
- Arsalan ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arsalan?
- About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Arsalan — 61 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arsalan with classmates?
- Arsalan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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