Arshag

Boys' name

Transliteration of Արշակ

Arshag has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1924. 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 1924, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Arshag, 1924

1 in 476,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arshag: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of Արշակ

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arshag means

Arshag is a transliteration of Արշակ.

Origin, language, and formation

Arshag is used in English.

Arshag comes through Armenian Արշակ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Արշակ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Arshag between 1924 and 1924. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1924; its best national rank was #4,384 in 1924.

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.

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How common is Arshag?

Arshag had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1924, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1924: 1 in 476,000; 5 of 2,381,562 births
Among boys only: 1 in 227,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1924: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 330,156 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arshag 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 1924 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 330,156 children born in 1924 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arshag. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arshags were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arshag was born before 1924 — so the typical Arshag is around 101 today.

Median birth year: 1924; About 101 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Arshag 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 1924 (5)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,384; 1924

Spellings of Arshag

Arshag is not the most common spelling — Marshal is, with 42.8% against Arshag's 0.04%.

Marshal42.8%5,485
Arham17.0%2,181
Akshay14.1%1,808
Darshan6.0%773
Arsh5.9%758
Akshar4.8%621
Akshaj4.8%611
Ashar4.5%574

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.

Arshag 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: #4,384; 1924
Peak year: 1924; 5 that year
First recorded: 1924
Last recorded: 1924
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arshag

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

Arsiyah Arseno Arshon Arshak Arsenios Arseny Arsham Arshman Arsyn Arsam Arsene Arshith Arshiv Arsin Arsenial Arsiah Arsha Arshveer Arsalaan Arshaan Arson Arshad Arsal Arshaun

Sibling names for Arshag

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

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Eldridge Merritt Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick Hosea

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