Arn

Boys' name

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Arn has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1949. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1953, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Arn, 2013

1 in 729,000

Arn over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arn: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arn means

Arn belongs to the name family reached through Arn → Arnold. Its meaning is “eagle + power”.

Origin, language, and formation

Arn is used in English and East Central German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arnold and Arno.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Arn between 1949 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1953; its best national rank was #2,400 in 1953.

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 Arn?

Arn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,435 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 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 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arn was born before 1953 — so the typical Arn is around 72 today.

Median birth year: 1953; About 72 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 58.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 8.3%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 53; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 58.3% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Arn 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1953 (11)
Years since peak: 72; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 60.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,400; 1953

Arn around the world

Where Arn 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.

Norway
1880–2024
#418
in 2024
South Australia
2012–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Arn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,400; 1953
Peak year: 1953; 11 that year
First recorded: 1949
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arn

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

Arnik Arnol Arney Arnit Arnet Arnab Garn Arnes Warn Arnt Arnez Arnaz Arnis Arnaaz Arno Arnesh Arny Aarn Arnon Arne Sharn Arnette Arnald Arnaud

Sibling names for Arn

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

For a sister

Louann Nanci Randy Marita Jacalyn Oralia Luanne Kathlyn

For a brother

Jacky Ike Dannie Val Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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