Arnette
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #4,038
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,055since 1907
Arnette over time
Rank among girls' names. Arnette has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
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| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arnette! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arnette is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#607 · 1 in 8,117
- Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 21,676
Best ever in a state: #483 in Mississippi, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #607 | 5 | 1 in 8,117 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 21,676 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Arnette
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1948 at #1,598 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 45,988 girls born in 1959 were named Arnette (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,598 in 1948, was only 1 in 49,938 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.3% of all girls named Arnette (267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,061 (1907) | #2,061 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,640 (1919) | #3,379 |
| 1920s | 86 | #2,366 (1923) | #3,352 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,999 (1937) | #2,802 |
| 1940s | 185 | #1,598 (1948) | #2,186 |
| 1950s | 267 | #1,643 (1959) | #2,129 |
| 1960s | 243 | #2,013 (1960) | #2,616 |
| 1970s | 74 | #3,435 (1970) | #5,690 |
| 1980s | 31 | #5,911 (1982) | #7,933 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,540 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arnette in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 45,988 of them was named Arnette, which outranked 77.2% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,617Sherron45
- #1,617Tommy45
- #1,617Zella45
- #1,643Arnette44
- #1,643Alida44
- #1,643Anette44
- #1,643Aretha44
- #1,672Araceli43
- #1,672Betsey43
- #1,672Candyce43
Tied with 28 names at #1,643; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 426,904 of them was named Arnette, which outranked 12.8% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 584 names at #3,988; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.