Aran

Boy · ARR-an · Irish

Aran is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 916th for boys in the UK (37 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).

What does Aran mean?

Irish: after the Aran Islands; also a Welsh mountain name

Shares its name with the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, where the Aran knitted jumper originated.

Say it: ARR-an

Is Aran a girl's or a boy's name?

Aran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aran in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #916among boys
Babies in 2025: 37about 1 in 8,100 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 1% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 37 boys in the UK were named Aran, making it the 916th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 58 boys.

Half of all the boys named Aran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 141 boys in the UK were given Aran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #916 for this spelling alone.

Arran 98
Aran 37
Arron 6

Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 58 in 20132025

Aran in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	37	#916
2024	32	#1,025
2023	39	#892
2022	32	#1,024
2021	36	#931
2020	32	#981
2019	31	#1,016
2018	44	#807
2017	38	#901
2016	50	#753
2015	40	#857
2014	57	#660
2013	58	#648
2012	37	#905
2011	45	#773
2010	53	#670
2009	42	#771
2008	43	#751
2007	45	#699
2006	35	#798
2005	35	#778
2004	46	#607
2003	38	#646
2002	36	#615
2001	38	#567
2000	46	#496
1999	43	#522
1998	54	#447
1997	32	#599
1996	52	#427

How popular is Aran in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,127among boys
Babies in 2025: 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Aran, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. It first appears in the records in 1969.

2025 had the most boys named Aran of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.

Half of all the boys named Aran in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 55 boys in the US were given Aran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.

Aran 38
Arron 12
Arran 5

1969Busiest: 38 in 20252025

Aran in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	38	#3,127
2024	31	#3,603
2023	35	#3,345
2022	36	#3,276
2021	12	#6,693
2020	27	#3,808
2019	34	#3,344
2018	27	#3,887
2017	31	#3,514
2016	22	#4,469
2015	22	#4,405
2014	30	#3,530
2013	22	#4,311
2012	32	#3,368
2011	27	#3,790
2010	22	#4,365
2009	24	#4,158
2008	30	#3,558
2007	23	#4,241
2006	25	#3,886
2005	20	#4,321
2004	23	#3,855
2003	20	#4,109
2002	16	#4,697
2001	10	#6,438
2000	16	#4,567
1999	14	#4,756
1998	11	#5,460
1997	11	#5,282
1996	9	#5,975
1995	7	#6,985
1994	16	#3,905
1993	10	#5,353
1992	7	#6,662
1991	13	#4,223
1990	0	–
1989	9	#5,158
1988	12	#3,910
1987	5	#6,945
1986	10	#4,126
1985	10	#4,047
1984	11	#3,698
1983	9	#4,139
1982	9	#4,232
1981	10	#3,856
1980	10	#3,837
1979	9	#4,066
1978	15	#2,798
1977	15	#2,790
1976	11	#3,262
1975	13	#2,900
1974	9	#3,556
1973	12	#2,855
1972	10	#3,150
1971	17	#2,278
1970	6	#4,228
1969	9	#3,061

Names like Aran

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Arjan Aarav Avi Avyaan Vihaan Advik Arjun Atharv Aveer Vivaan Imran Ravi

Other spellings of Aran

Arran Arron

Names related to Aran

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