Arjun
Arjun was the 490th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 615 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 455th with 650 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 14 places. More babies were named Arjun in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning white, bright (Sanskrit) · Sanskrit, Hindi
Say it AR-jun /ˈɑrdʒʊn/
- Rank in 2025
- #490 boys, up 70 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 615boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2014650 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,176babies recorded
What does the name Arjun mean?
Arjun is the Hindi and modern Indian form of Sanskrit Arjuna, the great archer and third of the Pandava princes in the epic Mahabharata. As a Sanskrit adjective, arjuna means white, shining or bright; Wiktionary traces it to an Indo-European root also behind Latin argentum, silver. Arjuna is also the name of a tree, Terminalia arjuna. Wiktionary describes Arjuna as a given name popular in South Asia.
अर्जुन (Sanskrit, “white, shining; silver-bright”)
How sure is this? Well established. Wiktionary only; no edited Sanskrit dictionary checked.
Pronunciation: In Hindi the first vowel is a short 'uh': UR-joon.
Related names: Arjuna.
See also: Sanskrit and Indian names, names that mean light, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Arjun' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'अर्जुन' (Hindi section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'अर्जुन' (Sanskrit section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Arjuna' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Arjun popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #490 | 615 |
| 2020 | #560 | 501 |
| 2010 | #641 | 377 |
| 2000 | #1,128 | 123 |
| 1990 | #1,395 | 64 |
| 1980 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1970 | #4,254 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Arjun, counting every spelling?
Arjun is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #434 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #490 for Arjun on its own. Together these spellings went to 741 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arjun | 615 | #490 | 2,557 |
| Arjan | 118 | #1,492 | 412 |
| Arjen | 8 | #8,975 | 80 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Arjun?
615 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arjun (0.17 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arjun born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 14 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arjun.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arjun?
About 12,000 people born in the US named Arjun are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Arjun a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Arjun by state
How common Arjun was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (3.4×), New Jersey (2.9×), Massachusetts (2.1×), California (1.9×), Virginia (1.5×). In 22 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Arjun: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arjun, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Arjun · Sibling names for Arjun
Questions about the name Arjun
What does Arjun mean?
Arjun means “white, bright (Sanskrit)” (Sanskrit, Hindi origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Arjun?
Arjun was the 490th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 615 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 455th with 650 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 14 places. More babies were named Arjun in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Arjun a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Arjun in the US.
Where is Arjun most popular?
In 2021–2025, Arjun was most common in Washington (1.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts.