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Arin

#4,180 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Erin

Arin has been given to 4,854 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #4,180 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 85 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% girls, 46% boys all-time.

Babies named Arin, 2025

1 in 97,500

Arin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arin over time

In 2025, Arin went to 32% girls and 68% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Erin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arin means

Arin is a variant of Erin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Arin → Erin. The family’s meaning is “Ireland”, recorded in English with the source elements Éire.

Origin, language, and formation

Arin is used in Old High German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Erin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,607 girls were recorded with the name Arin between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 85 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,532 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,498 in 2020 to #4,180 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,670 in 2015 to #4,180 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,247 boys were recorded with the name Arin between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,751 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,897 in 2020 to #2,037 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,234 in 2015 to #2,037 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 97,500
34 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 47,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,180
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
67,586 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 67,586 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arin was born before 1996 — so the typical Arin is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
24.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,607
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 24.4% of all recorded uses (637).

Is Arin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+303
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,318
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,490
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.48×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
40.0%
Peak was 1997 (85)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,532
1983

Spellings of Arin

Arin is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 19.9% against Arin's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 186,195 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arin is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Arin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 26,468 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 14,286
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 14,286
  3. 3Washington1 in 16,667
  4. 4New York1 in 20,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Colorado1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Arin around the world

Where Arin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • France
    2014–2025
    #2,063
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1989–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Arin

People whose public names include Arin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Arin in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Arin. Linked forms have their own page here.

AriArynErinIrinArianArinaArinn

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Arin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,180
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,318
Best rank ever
#1,532
1983
Peak year
1997
85 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,607
Count in 2025
34

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,037
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 140
Best rank ever
#1,751
2021
Peak year
2021
92 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,247
Count in 2025
73

Names similar to Arin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ArisArieArikaAriesArianArialArinaArissaAriyaAriArisaArianeArielaLorinAricaArizaAriahArionnaAriamCorinArishaAriannyAriyanaArizona

Names with a curve like Arin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Arin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AkilahKeturahYaniraTaviaNishaSirenaChasidySarenaDenaeJaneaArianneChassidy

Sibling names for Arin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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