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Arsen

Gender
Boy
Origin
Slavic
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,239 for boys

Arsen is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).

What does Arsen mean?

Slavic

A male given name from Russian

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Arsen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arsen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Arsen, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 8 in 20212025
Arsen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20234#4,335
20220–
20218#2,619
20201#6,143
20194#4,126
20180–
20175#3,608
20160–
20153#4,955
20146#3,125
20134#4,008
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20084#3,836
20070–
20061#5,377

How popular is Arsen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,239among boys
Babies in 2025
36about 1 in 47,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 71% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Arsen, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the boys named Arsen in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 39 in 20242025
Arsen in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202536#3,239
202439#3,103
202336#3,291
202231#3,615
202132#3,494
202013#6,292
201926#4,000
201826#3,989
201731#3,514
201634#3,292
201536#3,148
201424#4,135
201319#4,801
201220#4,682
201122#4,354
201023#4,240
200924#4,158
200813#6,388
200724#4,125
200611#6,899
20057#9,108
200414#5,487
200314#5,265
20028#7,636
200110#6,438
20007#8,202
19997#7,867
19985#9,623
19976#8,104
19966#7,964
19950–
19947#6,962
19938#6,221
19925#8,426
19910–
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19890–
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19370–
19360–
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19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19307#3,287
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19206#3,814
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19135#2,820

Names like Arsen

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

Names related to Arsen

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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, “Arsen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arsen, updated 20 October 2026.