Arjun
Boy · AR-joon · Sanskrit
Arjun is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “bright, shining, white”. In 2025 it ranked 339th for boys in the UK (142 babies) and 490th for boys in the US (615 babies).
What does Arjun mean?
Sanskrit
“bright, shining, white”
Arjuna, the great archer of the Mahabharata, receives Krishna's teaching in the Bhagavad Gita.
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Is Arjun a girl's or a boy's name?
Arjun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 142 boys in the UK and 615 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arjun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #339among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 142about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 142 boys in the UK were named Arjun, making it the 339th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 423rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 201 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arjun than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Arjun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 325th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Arjun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #339 |
| 2024 | 124 | #382 |
| 2023 | 94 | #462 |
| 2022 | 125 | #376 |
| 2021 | 139 | #361 |
| 2020 | 109 | #423 |
| 2019 | 152 | #339 |
| 2018 | 179 | #304 |
| 2017 | 171 | #331 |
| 2016 | 194 | #293 |
| 2015 | 166 | #320 |
| 2014 | 201 | #275 |
| 2013 | 190 | #278 |
| 2012 | 190 | #276 |
| 2011 | 167 | #305 |
| 2010 | 139 | #345 |
| 2009 | 158 | #303 |
| 2008 | 139 | #326 |
| 2007 | 148 | #295 |
| 2006 | 155 | #270 |
| 2005 | 136 | #275 |
| 2004 | 137 | #268 |
| 2003 | 96 | #323 |
| 2002 | 102 | #301 |
| 2001 | 102 | #305 |
| 2000 | 84 | #350 |
| 1999 | 84 | #344 |
| 1998 | 102 | #293 |
| 1997 | 83 | #339 |
| 1996 | 73 | #352 |
How popular is Arjun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #490among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 615about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 615 boys in the US were named Arjun, making it the 490th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 560th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 650 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had more boys named Arjun than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Arjun in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arjun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 615 | #490 |
| 2024 | 491 | #580 |
| 2023 | 470 | #602 |
| 2022 | 506 | #578 |
| 2021 | 475 | #588 |
| 2020 | 501 | #560 |
| 2019 | 574 | #499 |
| 2018 | 600 | #487 |
| 2017 | 563 | #514 |
| 2016 | 577 | #516 |
| 2015 | 575 | #504 |
| 2014 | 650 | #455 |
| 2013 | 541 | #502 |
| 2012 | 544 | #491 |
| 2011 | 485 | #524 |
| 2010 | 377 | #641 |
| 2009 | 319 | #731 |
| 2008 | 293 | #759 |
| 2007 | 314 | #730 |
| 2006 | 298 | #724 |
| 2005 | 287 | #712 |
| 2004 | 250 | #744 |
| 2003 | 227 | #771 |
| 2002 | 166 | #961 |
| 2001 | 156 | #980 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,126 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,004 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,029 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,209 |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,139 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,227 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,264 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 64 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,390 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
Names like Arjun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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