How Many People Are Named Aruna?
people named Aruna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 583,250 people in the US has this name
Based on 591 babies named Aruna in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
88 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "reddish brown" in Sanskrit. The Hindu god Aruna (अरुणा) is the charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky. The feminine form अरुणा is transcribed the same way. The modern masculine form is Arun.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Aruna in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aruna alive today is about 10 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aruna first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2018, to 88 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aruna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,147, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #3,106.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,106 |
| Best rank | #2,147 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,308 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aruna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aruna were born in California than in any other state: about 73 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aruna was given about 2.8 times as often in California and Texas.
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