Names / Boy names
Arun
Current rank
#6,842
and easing
All-time peak
#1,869
in 1979
First recorded
1966
in U.S. data
Children named
1,400
since 1966
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,869 in 1979 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Arun first shows up in American naming records in 1966, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 1,400 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.