boy's name
Arslan
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 854
Arslan is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 30 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1987.
Arslan over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 |
| 1990s | 65 |
| 2000s | 58 |
| 2010s | 99 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 124 |
How popular is Arslan?
In 2025, Arslan was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Arslan is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Arslan
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Arslan also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Arslan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Arslan in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Arsalan
Sibling names for Arslan
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Arslan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Arslan
How popular is the name Arslan?
In 2025, Arslan was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Arslan a girl's or a boy's name?
Arslan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Arslan most popular?
Arslan peaked in 2024, when 30 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Arslan a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Arslan currently ranks #1,960 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.