Arsh
Masculine · “throne”
Arsh is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 758 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Arsh is an Arabic and Urdu word for a throne, and specifically for the highest of the heavens. It is one syllable long, which is rare for a name carrying an idea that large.
How old is the name Arsh?
Arsh first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Arsh is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Arsh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arsh most popular?
Arsh peaked in 2005, reaching #2653 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 528 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Arsh
The word is old in Arabic and carries both an everyday sense — a seat of authority, a raised canopy — and a cosmological one. It traveled into Persian and Urdu with the language of religion and administration, and became a personal name chiefly in South Asia, where short one-syllable names such as Arsh, Arham and Ayan have been in fashion for some decades. It reaches American records with families from India and Pakistan.
Meaning
throne, the highest heaven
From Arabic arsh, a throne or canopy; in Islamic cosmology it names the throne above the seven heavens, and the word is used in that sense in the Qur'an.
Pronouncing Arsh
ARSH
One syllable, rhyming with harsh. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Arsh
Limited
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
- 1995
- Most boys named
- 201043 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2653reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −2.6%37 in 2025, from 38
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.
Arsh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arsh in Arabic — transliteration
- Arsh in Urdu — same name
- Arsh in Persian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Arshs among us
people named Arsh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Arsh
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 Ashford test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arsh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ashford climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ashford's path sketches the road Arsh is walking now.
Arsh 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 Arsh is headed
Arsh should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Arsh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arsh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and one syllable — as short as a name can be while still being a word.
- A settled meaning drawn directly from scripture and from ordinary Arabic.
- Easy for an English speaker to say correctly on first sight.
- In English it rhymes with harsh, which is a sound association some families will mind.
- Arsh, Arash and Arshan are close and will be confused in writing.
- A one-syllable name gives very little room for a nickname, which some families like and some do not.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arshs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Arsh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arsh in 2025?
- Arsh ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arsh?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Arsh — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arsh with classmates?
- Arsh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Arsh
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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