Arnie
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 89.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,088since 1887
Arnie 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 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,236 | 39 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,028 | 55 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,081 | 51 |
| 1958 | — | #1,060 | 52 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,117 | 47 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,409 | 27 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,316 | 31 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arnie! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arnie is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,158 · 1 in 34,757
Best ever in a state: #277 in Minnesota, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,158 | 5 | 1 in 34,757 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Arnie
- 2,169 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,143)
- 1,359 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 624 spots in 1913 (#1,619 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1910 at #859 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · 1887–1960
- Highest: 1 in 14,939 boys born in 1910 were named Arnie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all boys named Arnie (378) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 7 | #885 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 34 | #943 (1901) | #1,032 |
| 1910s | 212 | #859 (1910) | #1,301 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,509 (1921) | #1,830 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,562 |
| 1940s | 251 | #1,236 (1946) | #1,404 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,060 (1958) | #1,381 |
| 1960s | 378 | #981 (1960) | #1,320 |
| 1970s | 154 | #1,705 (1971) | #2,810 |
| 1980s | 99 | #2,709 (1982) | #4,127 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,337 |
| 2000s | 44 | #6,316 (2000) | #8,752 |
| 2010s | 39 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,397 |
| 2020s | 57 | #6,143 (2025) | #8,471 |
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.
Arnie in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 71,527 of them was named Arnie, which outranked 67.4% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,605Vittorio26
- #1,605Webster26
- #1,605Zack26
- #1,642Arnie25
- #1,642Ambrose25
- #1,642Arlin25
- #1,642Cardell25
- #1,680Abner24
- #1,680Alonso24
- #1,680Alvis24
Tied with 37 names at #1,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.