Arnita
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,047since 1911
Arnita over time
Rank among girls' names. Arnita 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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| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,905 | 38 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,580 | 50 |
| 1959 | #1,552 | 49 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 |
| 1957 | #1,366 | 60 |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,288 | 57 |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
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| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arnita! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Arnita is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#434 · 1 in 4,267
- Tennessee#537 · 1 in 5,790
Best ever in a state: #264 in District of Columbia, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #434 | 7 | 1 in 4,267 |
| Tennessee | #537 | 6 | 1 in 5,790 |
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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 Arnita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1956 at #1,241 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,681 girls born in 1956 were named Arnita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 301,512 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 25.1% of all girls named Arnita (514) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 57 | #2,191 (1911) | #3,114 |
| 1920s | 176 | #1,504 (1925) | #2,218 |
| 1930s | 166 | #1,556 (1934) | #2,089 |
| 1940s | 275 | #1,409 (1948) | #1,705 |
| 1950s | 514 | #1,241 (1956) | #1,422 |
| 1960s | 478 | #1,383 (1964) | #1,688 |
| 1970s | 238 | #2,160 (1970) | #3,457 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,532 (1981) | #6,474 |
| 1990s | 30 | #8,588 (1991) | #10,128 |
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.
Arnita in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 35,695 of them was named Arnita, which outranked 80.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,508Twanda55
- #1,508Wonda55
- #1,508Zoraida55
- #1,522Arnita54
- #1,522Cordelia54
- #1,522Debroah54
- #1,522Dollie54
- #1,547Berta53
- #1,547Brinda53
- #1,547Carolee53
Tied with 24 names at #1,522; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.