Arran
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Arran is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 455th for boys in the UK (98 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Arran mean?
Scottish: after the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde
Taken from the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, often called 'Scotland in miniature'.
- Say it
- ARR-an
More on Wiktionary.
Is Arran a girl's or a boy's name?
Arran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #455among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 98 boys in the UK were named Arran, making it the 455th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 395th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 233 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Arran since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Arran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. 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 Arran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #455 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales and 60th in Scotland.
Arran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #455 |
| 2024 | 117 | #401 |
| 2023 | 125 | #378 |
| 2022 | 110 | #421 |
| 2021 | 129 | #378 |
| 2020 | 125 | #395 |
| 2019 | 132 | #378 |
| 2018 | 149 | #348 |
| 2017 | 151 | #355 |
| 2016 | 159 | #340 |
| 2015 | 157 | #337 |
| 2014 | 155 | #324 |
| 2013 | 148 | #328 |
| 2012 | 153 | #333 |
| 2011 | 182 | #284 |
| 2010 | 154 | #325 |
| 2009 | 178 | #279 |
| 2008 | 180 | #268 |
| 2007 | 205 | #237 |
| 2006 | 233 | #205 |
| 2005 | 171 | #232 |
| 2004 | 180 | #225 |
| 2003 | 178 | #219 |
| 2002 | 161 | #224 |
| 2001 | 158 | #220 |
| 2000 | 178 | #202 |
| 1999 | 167 | #208 |
| 1998 | 177 | #205 |
| 1997 | 203 | #188 |
| 1996 | 190 | #192 |
How popular is Arran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Arran, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Arran in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were given Arran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Arran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
Names like Arran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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