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 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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 1968
No state had 5 or more boys named Arnell in 1968, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 102,234 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 58.7% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,894Verlin18
- #1,894Wayde18
- #1,894Willaim18
- #1,962Arnell17
- #1,962Ashton17
- #1,962Audrey17
- #1,962Author17
- #2,030Addison16
- #2,030Adonis16
- #2,030Agapito16
Tied with 67 names at #1,962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.