Arnell
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
Given to boys 61.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,282since 1914
Arnell 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
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| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arnell! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Arnell is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#748 · 1 in 22,780
Best ever in a state: #474 in Missouri, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #748 | 5 | 1 in 22,780 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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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 Arnell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1961 at #1,521 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 68,891 boys born in 1981 were named Arnell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,521 in 1961, was only 1 in 75,864 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Arnell (184) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,882 (1918) | #3,104 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,436 (1926) | #2,967 |
| 1930s | 102 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,439 |
| 1940s | 87 | #1,786 (1947) | #2,578 |
| 1950s | 135 | #1,887 (1957) | #2,288 |
| 1960s | 184 | #1,521 (1961) | #1,969 |
| 1970s | 181 | #1,983 (1974) | #2,347 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,038 (1981) | #3,019 |
| 1990s | 134 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,959 |
| 2000s | 101 | #4,243 (2007) | #7,179 |
| 2010s | 88 | #5,058 (2015) | #9,018 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,823 (2022) | #10,311 |
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.
Arnell in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 403,699 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 960 names at #6,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 75,864 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 67.3% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,496Tina29
- #1,496Tyree29
- #1,496Yul29
- #1,521Arnell28
- #1,521Arlyn28
- #1,521Cam28
- #1,521Cass28
- #1,552Angus27
- #1,552Christine27
- #1,552Clarance27
Tied with 30 names at #1,521; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.