Arson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Arson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Arson mean?
English: English word, from Latin ardere 'to burn'; perhaps also a respelling of Arsen
It resembles Arsen, an Armenian and Georgian name from the Greek Arsenios 'virile'.
Is Arson a girl's or a boy's name?
Arson 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 Arson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Arson, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer boys named Arson than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Arson in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
Names like Arson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axton, Wesson, Hudson, Colson, Dutton, Stetson, Archer, Easton, Brixton, Jettson, Lawson, Kingston
Names related to Arson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Arson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arson, updated 20 October 2026.