Arnold
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444 · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1916 · 1,858 births
- Debut · boys
- 37 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 103,846since 1880
Arnold over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,477 | 120 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,640 | 105 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,523 | 118 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,554 | 112 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,743 | 88 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,485 | 115 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,593 | 103 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,433 | 120 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,628 | 98 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,657 | 95 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,828 | 81 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,588 | 97 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,448 | 113 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,697 | 90 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,367 | 125 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,348 | 127 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,277 | 137 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,255 | 133 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,076 | 153 | |
| 2004 | — | #901 | 191 | |
| 2003 | — | #822 | 213 | |
| 2002 | — | #898 | 180 | |
| 2001 | — | #776 | 219 | |
| 2000 | — | #760 | 218 | |
| 1999 | — | #809 | 188 | |
| 1998 | — | #710 | 234 | |
| 1997 | — | #666 | 245 | |
| 1996 | — | #682 | 239 | |
| 1995 | — | #692 | 236 | |
| 1994 | — | #637 | 265 | |
| 1993 | — | #565 | 327 | |
| 1992 | — | #577 | 311 | |
| 1991 | — | #563 | 323 | |
| 1990 | — | #560 | 327 | |
| 1989 | — | #575 | 287 | |
| 1988 | — | #560 | 271 | |
| 1987 | — | #553 | 270 | |
| 1986 | — | #568 | 242 | |
| 1985 | — | #634 | 193 | |
| 1984 | — | #540 | 256 | |
| 1983 | — | #521 | 257 | |
| 1982 | — | #521 | 267 | |
| 1981 | — | #524 | 259 | |
| 1980 | — | #510 | 276 | |
| 1979 | — | #500 | 277 | |
| 1978 | — | #519 | 250 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #484 | 280 |
| 1976 | — | #450 | 301 | |
| 1975 | — | #445 | 321 | |
| 1974 | — | #433 | 332 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #394 | 388 |
| 1972 | — | #356 | 472 | |
| 1971 | — | #361 | 498 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #332 | 569 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #306 | 610 |
| 1968 | — | #289 | 658 | |
| 1967 | — | #257 | 780 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #253 | 816 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #241 | 945 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #232 | 1,043 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #223 | 1,144 |
| 1962 | — | #224 | 1,151 | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #234 | 1,153 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #231 | 1,201 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #229 | 1,192 |
| 1958 | — | #229 | 1,136 | |
| 1957 | — | #211 | 1,265 | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #213 | 1,216 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #197 | 1,315 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #196 | 1,282 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #182 | 1,391 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #179 | 1,463 |
| 1951 | — | #177 | 1,428 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #166 | 1,508 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #158 | 1,590 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #154 | 1,641 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #149 | 1,795 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #153 | 1,571 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #147 | 1,407 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #145 | 1,461 |
| 1943 | — | #131 | 1,705 | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #130 | 1,685 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #123 | 1,600 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #118 | 1,581 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #113 | 1,617 |
| 1938 | — | #111 | 1,819 | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #111 | 1,725 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #111 | 1,712 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #103 | 1,883 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #105 | 1,780 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #103 | 1,749 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #100 | 1,820 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #98 | 1,835 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #98 | 1,948 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #95 | 1,979 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #98 | 1,974 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #97 | 1,998 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #99 | 1,882 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #95 | 1,972 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #95 | 2,014 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #93 | 1,927 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #94 | 1,892 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #91 | 1,982 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #91 | 1,911 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #94 | 1,767 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #92 | 1,910 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #91 | 1,781 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #89 | 1,858 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #91 | 1,691 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #97 | 1,174 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #92 | 1,032 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #99 | 767 |
| 1911 | — | #108 | 348 | |
| 1910 | — | #126 | 258 | |
| 1909 | — | #117 | 237 | |
| 1908 | — | #125 | 202 | |
| 1907 | — | #135 | 177 | |
| 1906 | — | #127 | 164 | |
| 1905 | — | #146 | 144 | |
| 1904 | — | #137 | 149 | |
| 1903 | — | #139 | 134 | |
| 1902 | — | #166 | 107 | |
| 1901 | — | #146 | 110 | |
| 1900 | — | #171 | 122 | |
| 1899 | — | #154 | 98 | |
| 1898 | — | #151 | 112 | |
| 1897 | — | #151 | 103 | |
| 1896 | — | #160 | 102 | |
| 1895 | — | #162 | 96 | |
| 1894 | — | #188 | 79 | |
| 1893 | — | #180 | 80 | |
| 1892 | — | #192 | 80 | |
| 1891 | — | #209 | 57 | |
| 1890 | — | #229 | 52 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #243 | 51 | |
| 1887 | — | #261 | 38 | |
| 1886 | — | #264 | 41 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #244 | 49 | |
| 1883 | — | #253 | 42 | |
| 1882 | — | #265 | 42 | |
| 1881 | — | #296 | 29 | |
| 1880 | — | #276 | 37 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Arnold was already there! It came in at #276, and was given to 37 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 43 boys a year got the name.
Where Arnold is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#31 · 1 in 113
- South Dakota#37 · 1 in 124
- North Dakota#38 · 1 in 126
- Wisconsin#39 · 1 in 145
- Nebraska#51 · 1 in 182
Best ever in a state: #18 in North Dakota, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #31 | 166 | 1 in 113 |
| South Dakota | #37 | 41 | 1 in 124 |
| North Dakota | #38 | 53 | 1 in 126 |
| Wisconsin | #39 | 138 | 1 in 145 |
| Nebraska | #51 | 57 | 1 in 182 |
| Vermont | #51 | 10 | 1 in 206 |
| Michigan | #53 | 119 | 1 in 232 |
| Maine | #57 | 24 | 1 in 197 |
| Iowa | #58 | 81 | 1 in 223 |
| Washington | #60 | 27 | 1 in 277 |
| Oregon | #61 | 17 | 1 in 261 |
| West Virginia | #62 | 37 | 1 in 302 |
| Montana | #66 | 18 | 1 in 263 |
| Kentucky | #67 | 63 | 1 in 313 |
| New Hampshire | #70 | 9 | 1 in 287 |
| District of Columbia | #72 | 5 | 1 in 406 |
| New York | #81 | 191 | 1 in 420 |
| Connecticut | #85 | 22 | 1 in 523 |
| Kansas | #89 | 36 | 1 in 366 |
| New Jersey | #90 | 39 | 1 in 621 |
| Rhode Island | #92 | 8 | 1 in 515 |
| California | #93 | 34 | 1 in 528 |
| Massachusetts | #93 | 45 | 1 in 646 |
| Indiana | #95 | 41 | 1 in 496 |
| Illinois | #96 | 95 | 1 in 523 |
| Missouri | #100 | 46 | 1 in 535 |
| Idaho | #116 | 7 | 1 in 462 |
| Oklahoma | #116 | 27 | 1 in 576 |
| Alabama | #117 | 32 | 1 in 662 |
| Colorado | #122 | 10 | 1 in 620 |
| North Carolina | #124 | 37 | 1 in 679 |
| Texas | #124 | 66 | 1 in 580 |
| Virginia | #124 | 25 | 1 in 738 |
| Maryland | #126 | 12 | 1 in 851 |
| Ohio | #131 | 42 | 1 in 967 |
| Utah | #131 | 8 | 1 in 495 |
| Louisiana | #137 | 23 | 1 in 645 |
| Florida | #140 | 10 | 1 in 751 |
| Pennsylvania | #144 | 61 | 1 in 1,203 |
| Tennessee | #144 | 19 | 1 in 984 |
| Georgia | #185 | 20 | 1 in 1,306 |
| Mississippi | #198 | 13 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Arkansas | #230 | 10 | 1 in 1,370 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 5 | 1 in 3,352 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| 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 Arnold
- 208 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,477)
- 266 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #1,477)
- 180 spots since 2015 (#1,657 → #1,477)
- Biggest jump: 76 spots in 2003 (#898 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 2005 (#901 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #89 (1,858 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 50 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1912–1932
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–2004
- Highest: 1 in 479 boys born in 1916 were named Arnold (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 18.8% of all boys named Arnold (19,531) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 404 | #243 (1888) | #264 |
| 1890s | 859 | #151 (1898) | #178 |
| 1900s | 1,546 | #117 (1909) | #141 |
| 1910s | 12,586 | #89 (1916) | #98 |
| 1920s | 19,531 | #91 (1921) | #95 |
| 1930s | 17,888 | #98 (1930) | #105 |
| 1940s | 16,036 | #118 (1940) | #141 |
| 1950s | 13,196 | #166 (1950) | #198 |
| 1960s | 9,501 | #223 (1963) | #249 |
| 1970s | 3,688 | #332 (1970) | #427 |
| 1980s | 2,578 | #510 (1980) | #551 |
| 1990s | 2,695 | #560 (1990) | #646 |
| 2000s | 1,696 | #760 (2000) | #1,048 |
| 2010s | 1,000 | #1,433 (2017) | #1,607 |
| 2020s | 642 | #1,477 (2025) | #1,604 |
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.
Arnold in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 94,939 of them was named Arnold, which outranked 48.5% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,498Wynne12
- #2,498Zelphia12
- #2,498Zilphia12
- #2,658Arnold11
- #2,658Adalene11
- #2,658Adena11
- #2,658Adrian11
- #2,833Adair10
- #2,833Adelfa10
- #2,833Adria10
Tied with 174 names at #2,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 479 of them was named Arnold, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.