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 | |
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| 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 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#421 · 1 in 4,347
Best ever in a state: #377 in Kentucky, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #421 | 5 | 1 in 4,347 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 119,829 of them was named Arbie, which outranked 46.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,899Zennie11
- #2,899Zillah11
- #2,899Zoa11
- #3,097Arbie10
- #3,097Adina10
- #3,097Agusta10
- #3,097Alison10
- #3,340Adine9
- #3,340Adria9
- #3,340Adrianna9
Tied with 242 names at #3,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 56,019 of them was named Arbie, which outranked 63.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,747Wally20
- #1,747Yukio20
- #1,747Yutaka20
- #1,820Arbie19
- #1,820Acy19
- #1,820Alexis19
- #1,820Arthor19
- #1,885Abelardo18
- #1,885Addie18
- #1,885Alger18
Tied with 64 names at #1,820; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.