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Varun

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Varun is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of boys
Peak year
2004145 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1981
2,583people given the name
Babies named Varun, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,583 boys have been named Varun in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 145 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 44%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Varun
1980s159
1990s593
2000s1,146
2010s566
2020s119

In 2004, its biggest year

Varun was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.

Names that rose and fell with Varun

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.