Aran

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #10,122 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1971 · 17 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
974
since 1969

Aran over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aran has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #2,279, 1971boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,12838
2024#3,60531
2023#3,34735
2022#3,27836
2021#6,69812
2020#3,81127
2019#3,34734
2018#3,89127
2017#3,51831
2016#4,47022
2015#4,40722
2014#3,53230
2013#4,31322
2012#3,37132
2011#3,79227
2010#4,36622
2009#4,16024
2008#3,56130
2007#4,24323
2006#3,88825
2005#4,32620
2004#3,86023
2003#4,11420
2002#4,70316
2001#6,44510
2000#4,57316
1999#4,76214
1998#10,1228#5,46611
1997#5,28811
1996#5,9829
1995#6,9927
1994#3,91116
1993#5,36010
1992#6,6707
1991#4,23113
1990
1989#5,1659
1988#3,91512
1987#6,9515
1986#4,13010
1985#4,05210
1984#3,70111
1983#10,2755#4,1419
1982#4,2349
1981#3,85810
1980#3,83810
1979#4,0689
1978#7,6497#2,79915
1977#7,5677#2,79115
1976#3,26411
1975#2,90213
1974#3,5589
1973#2,85712
1972#3,15210
1971#2,27917
1970#4,2306
1969#3,0629
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Aran! It came in at #3,062, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Aran
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 477 spots since 2024 (#3,605#3,128)
  • 683 spots since 2020 (#3,811#3,128)
  • 1,279 spots since 2015 (#4,407#3,128)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1971 at #2,279 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,949
  • Highest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 were named Aran (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,279 in 1971, was only 1 in 104,026 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Aran (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s9#3,062 (1969)#3,062
1970s117#2,279 (1971)#3,190
1980s95#3,701 (1984)#4,399
1990s98#3,911 (1994)#5,407
2000s207#3,561 (2008)#4,387
2010s269#3,347 (2019)#3,901
2020s179#3,128 (2025)#3,978

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aran in 1969

boys
#3,062
9 births · 1 in 198,686 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #3,062Aran9
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 198,686 of them was named Aran, which outranked 39.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aran
  1. #2,861Yusuf10
  2. #2,861Yvette10
  3. #2,861Zvi10
  4. #3,062Aran9
  5. #3,062Acie9
  6. #3,062Aden9
  7. #3,062Adolf9
  8. #3,314Abelino8
  9. #3,314Adell8
  10. #3,314Alcides8

Tied with 251 names at #3,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969