Arnie

Where Arnie comes from

From Arnold + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Arnie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #921 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Peak, #859
    13 babies named Arnie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1912
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1924
    Arnie Risen born
    American basketball player
  5. 1948
    Arnie Robinson born
    Athletics competitor, long jumper
  6. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,525.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Arnold.
Namesakes
  • Arnie Robinson · Athletics competitor, long jumper, 1948–2020
  • Arnie Risen · American basketball player, 1924–2012
  • Arnie David Giralt · Cuban athletics competitor, born 1984
  • Arnie Ferrin · American basketball player, 1925–2022
  • Arnie Brown · Canadian ice hockey player, 1942–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.