Arnel
- Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
- Given to boys 97.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 808since 1913
Arnel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Arnel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
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| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Arnel! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Arnel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Arnel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Arnel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1934 at #1,932 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,952
- Highest: 1 in 56,952 boys born in 1913 were named Arnel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,932 in 1934, was only 1 in 73,757 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 16.5% of all boys named Arnel (133) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 33 | #1,945 (1913) | #3,278 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,131 (1920) | #3,044 |
| 1930s | 65 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,929 |
| 1940s | 21 | #2,732 (1943) | #2,866 |
| 1950s | 15 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,123 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,139 (1967) | #3,160 |
| 1970s | 116 | #1,989 (1970) | #3,303 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,824 (1984) | #3,847 |
| 1990s | 117 | #3,607 (1990) | #4,732 |
| 2000s | 133 | #4,476 (2001) | #5,998 |
| 2010s | 56 | #8,079 (2011) | #9,793 |
| 2020s | 8 | #8,825 (2021) | #8,825 |
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.
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