Arbie
Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227
Given to boys 78.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 513since 1904
Arbie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,440 | 5 |
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
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| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arbie! It came in at #874, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arbie is popular in 1917
No state had 5 or more boys named Arbie in 1917, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Arbie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1904 at #874 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1904
- Highest: 1 in 16,015 boys born in 1904 were named Arbie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 314,467 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
- 27.5% of all boys named Arbie (141) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1915, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #874 (1904) | #1,157 |
| 1910s | 86 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,216 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,644 (1923) | #2,286 |
| 1930s | 103 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,426 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,081 (1940) | #2,901 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,946 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,665 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,227 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arbie in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 154,467 of them was named Arbie, which outranked 30.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,344Winnona8
- #3,344Wretha8
- #3,344Zelta8
- #3,713Arbie7
- #3,713Addine7
- #3,713Adene7
- #3,713Adina7
- #4,083Addis6
- #4,083Adelaine6
- #4,083Adena6
Tied with 369 names at #3,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 92,548 of them was named Arbie, which outranked 44.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,423Windsor11
- #2,423Yates11
- #2,423Zoltan11
- #2,562Arbie10
- #2,562Adger10
- #2,562Algernon10
- #2,562Aurelius10
- #2,732Adair9
- #2,732Alba9
- #2,732Aldred9
Tied with 169 names at #2,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.