Arkan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ar-KAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Arkan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pillars”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Arkan mean?
Arabic: plural of rukn
“pillars”
The same word appears in Arkan al-Islam, the five pillars of Islam.
Is Arkan a girl's or a boy's name?
Arkan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arkan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 350% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Arkan, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Arkan of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Arkan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Arkan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Arkan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Arkan, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer boys named Arkan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Arkan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arkan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
Names like Arkan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjan, Avyaan, Aarav, Vihaan, Ivaan, Shivansh, Aviraj, Advik, Krishiv, Aveer, Gurbaaz, Gurman
Names related to Arkan
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Arkan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arkan, updated 20 October 2026.