Arjuna
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Arjuna is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Arjuna mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Arjuna a girl's or a boy's name?
Arjuna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arjuna in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 boys.
Arjuna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Arjuna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Arjuna, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Arjuna in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arjuna in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Arjuna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Aviraj Atharva Avyaan Arjan Shivansh Vihaan Yuvraj Avi Atharv Veer Bodhi
Names related to Arjuna
More Sanskrit names
Maya Arya Lila Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani Rudra Agastya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arjuna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arjuna, updated 20 October 2026.