Arun

Boy · a-ROON · Sanskrit

Arun is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn, reddish glow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Arun mean?

Sanskrit

“dawn, reddish glow”

In Hindu mythology Aruna, the personified dawn, is the charioteer of the sun god Surya.

Say it: a-ROON

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

Arun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arun in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,202among boys
Babies in 2025: 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Arun, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 108 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Arun since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Arun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 108 in 20072025

Arun in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	11	#2,202
2024	20	#1,397
2023	17	#1,571
2022	14	#1,789
2021	20	#1,389
2020	20	#1,356
2019	27	#1,103
2018	28	#1,098
2017	27	#1,141
2016	30	#1,056
2015	32	#1,005
2014	44	#791
2013	48	#746
2012	46	#779
2011	61	#625
2010	68	#560
2009	71	#540
2008	91	#454
2007	108	#372
2006	106	#365
2005	100	#354
2004	94	#348
2003	81	#367
2002	76	#371
2001	68	#396
2000	70	#379
1999	74	#367
1998	72	#367
1997	70	#377
1996	72	#355

How popular is Arun in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,799among boys
Babies in 2025: 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Arun, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.

Half of all the boys named Arun in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1966Busiest: 44 in 19952025

Arun in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	12	#6,799
2024	15	#5,899
2023	11	#7,284
2022	17	#5,441
2021	11	#7,084
2020	23	#4,271
2019	21	#4,635
2018	20	#4,735
2017	25	#4,101
2016	21	#4,623
2015	18	#5,056
2014	26	#3,888
2013	29	#3,580
2012	21	#4,530
2011	30	#3,509
2010	21	#4,516
2009	26	#3,917
2008	33	#3,342
2007	44	#2,721
2006	37	#2,978
2005	31	#3,237
2004	32	#3,070
2003	32	#2,989
2002	43	#2,368
2001	31	#2,926
2000	33	#2,731
1999	36	#2,459
1998	44	#2,091
1997	35	#2,344
1996	24	#3,016
1995	44	#1,909
1994	25	#2,842
1993	34	#2,252
1992	26	#2,664
1991	34	#2,137
1990	35	#2,081
1989	29	#2,286
1988	22	#2,594
1987	24	#2,329
1986	27	#2,094
1985	24	#2,225
1984	29	#1,884
1983	20	#2,407
1982	18	#2,595
1981	21	#2,337
1980	21	#2,366
1979	29	#1,867
1978	24	#2,012
1977	18	#2,458
1976	22	#2,112
1975	9	#3,657
1974	15	#2,547
1973	19	#2,122
1972	17	#2,243
1971	15	#2,463
1970	9	#3,280
1969	9	#3,061
1968	6	#3,672
1967	5	#3,964
1966	8	#2,985

Names like Arun

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

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